Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 12:27
“And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2598 · Hebrew
- Definition
- initiation, i.e. consecration
- Derivation
- from H2596 (חָנַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- dedicating(-tion).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בַ — preposition
- חֲנֻכַּ֞ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 7:10Numbers 7:11Numbers 7:84Numbers 7:882 Chronicles 7:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֲנֻכָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.