The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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חֵךְ חִכָּא‏ n.m./f. palate

palate OfA^Eg, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA. 11QtgJob 14.4=29:10 : לחנך דב֗[ק‏ . 11QtgJob 19.7=31:30 : חכי למש֗[אל‏ . TgJ Ez3:26 : וְלִישָנָך אַדבֵיק לְחִיכָך‏ I shall make your tongue stick to your palate. TgProv5:3 : ושעיע מן משחא חכה‏ her palate is smoother than oil.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 200a; DJBA: 457b; Jastrow: 458; Levy Ch-W: 1:255; Cook,Qumran: 87;

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Derivatives:

ḥnk vb. D to train

ḥnwkh, ḥnwktˀ n.f. dedication ceremony