# H2590 חָנַט

חָנַט (chânaṭ), Strong’s H2590: to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen KJV: embalm, put forth.. Occurs 5 times.

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*chânaṭ* — to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen

KJV: embalm, put forth.

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חָנַט vb. spice, make spicy, embalm
- חֲנֻטִים n.[m.]pl.abstr
- חֲנֻטִים n.[m.]pl.abstr. embalming, only Gn 50:3 i.e. days consumed in the embalming process

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 50:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=2) — Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- [Genesis 50:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=3) — Forty days were used for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy…
- [Genesis 50:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=26) — So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
- [Song of Songs 2:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/2?v=13) — The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my…