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חֲתַן חַתְנָא‏ n.m. bridegroom

bridegroom Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. PJ Ex4:25 : חתנא בעא למגזור וחמוי עכיב עלוי‏ the groom want to be circumcised but his father-in-law holds him back.

son-in-law Com^-OA^-BA. PJ Gen19:12 : חתנך בנך ובנתך הנפק מן אתרא‏ remove your sons-in-law, sons, and daughters from this place.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 218a; DJBA: 491a; Jastrow: 514; Levy Ch-W: 1:290; Tal Sam: 301a; DNWSI: 414;

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Derivatives:

ḥtn vb. D to join by marriage

ḥytwn v.n.D marriage

ḥtnh, ḥtntˀ n.f. mother-in-law

ḥtnw, ḥtnwtˀ (ḥaṯnū, ḥaṯnūṯā) n.f. marriage

byt ḥtnw, byt ḥtnwtˀ n.m. marriage canopy (??)