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gnwn, gnwnˀ (gnō/ān, gnō/ū/ānā) n.m. bridal chamber; canopy
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bridal chamber
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
GenApoc 20.6↗ וכל בתולן וכלאן די יעלן לגנון לא ישפרן מנהא‏ : no virginal bride who enters the bridal chamber is more lovely than she ; TgJ Joel2:16↗ יִפוֹק חַתְנָא מֵאִדְרוֹן בֵית מִשכְבֵיה וְכַלְתָא מִבֵית גְנוּנַה‏ ; FTP Ex12:2↗ ובך מלכא אוקיד גנוניה‏ : in you (i.e., Tammuz) the king burned his bridal chamber ; Hom1 2.1:10↗ ܟܠܬܐ ܡܬܚܝܕܝܐ ܒܓܒܪܗ݀ ܘܒܓܢܘܢܗ݀‏ : the bride rejoices with her husband and in her bridal chamber ; OS MtSin9:15↗ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܒ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܓܢܘܢܐ ܠܡܛܪ ܐܒܠܐ ܟܡܐ ܕܚܬܢܐ ܥܡܗܘܢ‏ : the children of the bridal chamber cannot keep mourning as long as the bridegroom is with them ; AphDem14.260:20↗ ܘܢܠܒܫܘܢ ܢܚ̈ܬܐ ܕܢܫܘܘܢ ܠܗ ܠܓܢܘܢܐ‏ : they shall wear clothing fit for the bridal chamber ; BT Git 57a(46)↗ כד הוו מינס׳ קייצי להו ועביד להו גנאנא‏ : when they were getting married they would cut them down and make them into a bridal chamber/canopy ; PJ Ex2:1↗ ואותיב בכילתא וגנונא דהלולא ית יוכבד אינתתיה‏ : he seated his wife PN in the wedding canopy and bridal chamber
(1)
(often w. ܚܕܘܬܐ, ܫܘܒܚܐ) : as a euphemism for Paradise
Syr
IAB 72:13 ܒܟܐ ܩܐܝܢ ܩܛܘܠܐ܃ ܕܚܙܐ ܠܗܒܝܠ ܒܓܢܘܢܐ‏ : the murderer Cain cries, who sees Abel in the bridal chamber (i.e heavenly Paradise of the after-life) ; LG 20:14(3)↗ ܕܗܸܢܽܘܢ ܢܸܚܙܽܘܢ ܠܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ܃ ܕܢܸܥܠܽܘܢ ܠܲܓܢܽܘܢܸܗ ܕܡܵܪܲܢ ܝܸܫܽܘܥ ܡܲܠܟܲܢ ܘܬܸܫܒܽܘܚܬܲܢ‏ : those who shall see God and enter into the bridal chamber of our Lord Jesus our king and glory
2
canopy
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Is4:5↗ תְהֵי מַגְנָא עְלוֹהִי כִגנוּן‏ : it would be protection over it like a canopy ; PJ Gen14:13↗ ורכב עילוי תיבותא והוה גננא על רישיה‏ : he was riding on top of the ark with a canopy over his head
(1)
bridal canopy
JBA, LJLA
BT Yev 115a(10)↗ ההוא גברא דבשילהי הילוליה איתלי נורא בגנניה‏ : a certain man whose bridal canopy caught fire at the tail end of his wedding feast ; TgJob15:32↗ וכילתיה לא תהי גנונא‏ : his canopy shall not become a bridal canopy
(2)
a large canopy for fish breeding or fishing
Qumran, LJLA
11QtgJob 35.10=40:31↗ ٠٠] [ובדגו]גין/[ב]ג̇נ̇ון/ די נונ̇ין[ ٠٠٠‏ ; TgJob40:31↗ איפשר דתמלי במטללתא משכיה ובגנונא דנוניא רישיה‏ : [=MT הַתְמַלֵּא בְשֻׂכּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְצִלְצַל דָּגִים רֹאשׁוֹ]
(3)
covering, protection
JBAmb
(4)
ܓܢܘܢܐ ܕܚܕܝܐ : chest cavity
Syr
JEhCh 290b:31 ܓܢܘܢܐ ܕܚܕܝܐ ܂܂܂ ܕܚܬܢܐ ܡ݁ܠܟܐ ܕܗܕܡ̈ܐ܃ ܠܒܐ܂ ܘܠܟܠܬܐ ܟܒܕܐ‏ : the chest canopy, for the groom: the heart, king of organs, and the liver for the bride
3
tent, booth (?) : see also discussion s.v. gnyn #3
LJLA
TgJob15:32↗ text not cited ; TgJob40:22↗ יטללוניה טלליא גנוניה‏ : [MT: יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִלֲלוֹ]
(1)
luxurious tent or dwelling of a leader
Syr
IAB 409:20 ܪܹ̈ܫܵܢܹܐ ܒܓܢܘܢܝ̈ܗܘܢ܃ ܘܪ̈ܒܝ ܚܝ̈ܠܐ ܒܣܕܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏ : the chiefs in their glorious canopies and the generals with their ranks
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Mand. gnana; JBA also גנאנא
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Akkadian ganūnu; see AIOA 51.
Note that the earlier "bridal chamber" becomes "canopy" later (due to conflation with the unrelated verb gnn) and "bridal chamber" is expressed by the explicit new form by gnn. However, to judge by our textual examples, the "bridal chamber" was almost always a temporary structure erected for the occasion.
For the imagery of the bridal chamber of light in Syriac liturgy see S. Brock in The Harp 18(2005):179ff.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 246[122]DJPA: 133aDJBA: 296bJastrow: 257Drower/Macuch: 95bPayne-Smith: 742J. Payne-Smith: 74Levy Ch-W: 1:149Tal Sam: 154DCPA[Schulthess]: 75[38]Qumran: 45

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