"חנוכה" meaning in Hebrew

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Proper name

IPA: /ħa.nukˈkaː/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /χa.nuˈka/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew, formal], /ˈχa.nu.ka/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew, informal] Audio: he-il-חנוכה.ogg Forms: חֲנֻכָּה [canonical], khanuká [romanization]
Etymology: From חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”). Head templates: {{he-proper noun|dwv=חֲנֻכָּה|g=f|pat=קְטֻלָּה|tr=khanuká}} חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה • (khanuká) f [pattern: קְטֻלָּה]
  1. (Judaism) Hanukkah Tags: Judaism Synonyms: חג החנוכה (khag hakhanuká), חַג הַחֲנֻכָּה (khag hakhanuká), חַג הָאוּרִים (khag ha'urím)
    Sense id: en-חנוכה-he-name-hQ7iKfaa Categories (other): Judaism, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35

Noun

IPA: /ħa.nukˈkaː/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /χa.nuˈka/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew, formal], /ˈχa.nu.ka/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew, informal] Audio: he-il-חנוכה.ogg
Etymology: From חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”). Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=חנוכת|consdwv=חֲנֻכַּת|dwv=חֲנֻכָּה|g=f|pat=קְטֻלָּה|pl=חנוכות|plcons=חנוכות|plconsdwv=חֲנֻכּוֹת|pldwv=חֲנֻכּוֹת|tr=khanuká}} חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה • (khanuká) f (plural indefinite חנוכות / חֲנֻכּוֹת, singular construct חנוכת / חֲנֻכַּת־, plural construct חנוכות / חֲנֻכּוֹת־) [pattern: קְטֻלָּה] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|חנוכה\חֲנֻכָּה|p|חנוכות\חֲנֻכּוֹת}} Forms: חֲנֻכָּה [canonical], khanuká [romanization], חנוכות [indefinite, plural], חֲנֻכּוֹת [indefinite, plural], חנוכת [construct, singular], חֲנֻכַּת־ [construct, singular], חנוכות [construct, plural], חֲנֻכּוֹת־ [construct, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], חנוכה [indefinite, singular], חֲנֻכָּה [indefinite, singular], חנוכתי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חֲנֻכָּתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חנוכתנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], חֲנֻכָּתֵנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], החנוכה [definite, singular], הַחֲנֻכָּה [definite, singular], חנוכתך [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֲנֻכָּתְךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חנוכתך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֲנֻכָּתֵךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חנוכתכם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֲנֻכַּתְכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חנוכתכן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֲנֻכַּתְכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חנוכת־ [construct, singular], חֲנֻכַּת־ [construct, singular], חנוכתו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֲנֻכָּתוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חנוכתה [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֲנֻכָּתָהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חנוכתם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֲנֻכָּתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חנוכתן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֲנֻכָּתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חנוכות [indefinite, plural], חֲנֻכּוֹת [indefinite, plural], חנוכותיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חֲנֻכּוֹתַי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חנוכותינו [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], חֲנֻכּוֹתֵינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], החנוכות [definite, plural], הַחֲנֻכּוֹת [definite, plural], חנוכותיך [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֲנֻכּוֹתֶיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חנוכותייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חֲנֻכּוֹתַיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חנוכותיכם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֲנֻכּוֹתֵיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חנוכותיכן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חֲנֻכּוֹתֵיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חנוכות־ [construct, plural], חֲנֻכּוֹת־ [construct, plural], חנוכותיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֲנֻכּוֹתָיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חנוכותיה [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חֲנֻכּוֹתֶיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חנוכותם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֲנֻכּוֹתָם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חנוכותן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חֲנֻכּוֹתָן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. consecration, dedication, inauguration
    Sense id: en-חנוכה-he-noun-STICjScw Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטֻלָּה, Holidays Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטֻלָּה: 0 100 Disambiguation of Holidays: 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתֵנוּ",
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    {
      "form": "החנוכה",
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתְךָ",
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    {
      "form": "חנוכתך",
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    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתֵךְ",
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    {
      "form": "חנוכתכם",
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכַּת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתו",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתה",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתָהּ",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתם",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתָם",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתן",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיי",
      "source": "declension",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתַי",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותינו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֵינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "החנוכות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחֲנֻכּוֹת",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֶיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתַיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיכם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֵיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֵיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכות־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹת־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתָיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֶיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתָם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "חנוכת",
        "consdwv": "חֲנֻכַּת",
        "dwv": "חֲנֻכָּה",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קְטֻלָּה",
        "pl": "חנוכות",
        "plcons": "חנוכות",
        "plconsdwv": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
        "pldwv": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
        "tr": "khanuká"
      },
      "expansion": "חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה • (khanuká) f (plural indefinite חנוכות / חֲנֻכּוֹת, singular construct חנוכת / חֲנֻכַּת־, plural construct חנוכות / חֲנֻכּוֹת־) [pattern: קְטֻלָּה]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "חנוכה\\חֲנֻכָּה",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "חנוכות\\חֲנֻכּוֹת"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטֻלָּה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Holidays",
          "orig": "he:Holidays",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Then we will celebrate with song and psalm the altar's dedication.",
          "text": "c. 13th century, “Ma'oz Tzur.”\nאָז אֶגְמוֹר בְּשִׁיר מִזְמוֹר חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.\n'áz 'egmór b'shír mizmór khanukát hamizbéakh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "consecration, dedication, inauguration"
      ],
      "id": "en-חנוכה-he-noun-STICjScw",
      "links": [
        [
          "consecration",
          "consecration"
        ],
        [
          "dedication",
          "dedication"
        ],
        [
          "inauguration",
          "inauguration"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ħa.nukˈkaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/χa.nuˈka/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.nu.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "he-il-חנוכה.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg.mp3",
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  ],
  "word": "חנוכה"
}
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    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew proper nouns",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטֻלָּה",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Holidays"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "Chanoeka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: Chanoeka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: Chanoeka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Hanukkah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Hanukkah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Hanukkah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "חנוכּה",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "khaneke"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: חנוכּה (khaneke)\n→ Dutch: Channeke",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: חנוכּה (khaneke)\n→ Dutch: Channeke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”).",
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    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khanuká",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "חֲנֻכָּה",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קְטֻלָּה",
        "tr": "khanuká"
      },
      "expansion": "חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה • (khanuká) f [pattern: קְטֻלָּה]",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Judaism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanukkah"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "Hanukkah",
          "Hanukkah#English:_Q130881"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Judaism) Hanukkah"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ħa.nukˈkaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/χa.nuˈka/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.nu.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "he-il-חנוכה.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg"
    }
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      "roman": "khag hakhanuká",
      "word": "חג החנוכה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khag hakhanuká",
      "word": "חַג הַחֲנֻכָּה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khag ha'urím",
      "word": "חַג הָאוּרִים"
    }
  ],
  "word": "חנוכה"
}

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    "Hebrew feminine nouns",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew proper nouns",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטֻלָּה",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Holidays"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”).",
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      "form": "חֲנֻכָּה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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      "form": "khanuká",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכת",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכַּת־",
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        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "חנוכות",
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        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹת־",
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        "construct",
        "plural"
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "חנוכה",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּה",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתִי",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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      "form": "חנוכתנו",
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        "first-person",
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      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתֵנוּ",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
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    },
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      "form": "החנוכה",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "הַחֲנֻכָּה",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "חנוכתך",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתְךָ",
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        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתך",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתֵךְ",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתכם",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכַּתְכֶם",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתכן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכַּתְכֶן",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכת־",
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכַּת־",
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתו",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתוֹ",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתה",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתָהּ",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכתם",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתָם",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "חנוכתן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכָּתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכות",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתַי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותינו",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֵינוּ",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "החנוכות",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחֲנֻכּוֹת",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיך",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֶיךָ",
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        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותייך",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתַיִךְ",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיכם",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹת־",
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיו",
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        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתָיו",
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        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותיה",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתֶיהָ",
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        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותם",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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        "masculine",
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        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חנוכותן",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "חֲנֻכּוֹתָן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "חנוכת",
        "consdwv": "חֲנֻכַּת",
        "dwv": "חֲנֻכָּה",
        "g": "f",
        "pat": "קְטֻלָּה",
        "pl": "חנוכות",
        "plcons": "חנוכות",
        "plconsdwv": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
        "pldwv": "חֲנֻכּוֹת",
        "tr": "khanuká"
      },
      "expansion": "חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה • (khanuká) f (plural indefinite חנוכות / חֲנֻכּוֹת, singular construct חנוכת / חֲנֻכַּת־, plural construct חנוכות / חֲנֻכּוֹת־) [pattern: קְטֻלָּה]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "חנוכה\\חֲנֻכָּה",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "חנוכות\\חֲנֻכּוֹת"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then we will celebrate with song and psalm the altar's dedication.",
          "text": "c. 13th century, “Ma'oz Tzur.”\nאָז אֶגְמוֹר בְּשִׁיר מִזְמוֹר חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.\n'áz 'egmór b'shír mizmór khanukát hamizbéakh.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "consecration, dedication, inauguration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consecration",
          "consecration"
        ],
        [
          "dedication",
          "dedication"
        ],
        [
          "inauguration",
          "inauguration"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ħa.nukˈkaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/χa.nuˈka/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.nu.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "he-il-חנוכה.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/He-il-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "חנוכה"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "חנוכה",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "חנוכה",
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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "חנוכה",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'State:'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "חנוכה",
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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
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