BDB3241 [H2845]

חֵת proper name, masculine apparently represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etymology and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ עע֞ in Hebrew & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; see חִתִּי below) — 'begotten' by Canaan Gen 10:15 (J) = 1Chr 1:13 elsewhere only in combination with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֺת;
\ \ a. בְּנֵיחֵֿת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Gen 23:3; Gen 23:5; Gen 23:10 (twice in verse); Gen 23:16; Gen 23:18; Gen 23:20; Gen 25:10; Gen 49:32.
\ \ b. בְּנוֺת(ֿ)חֵת only of wives of Esau Gen 27:46 (twice in verse) (P; ᵐ5 omits vb; || בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ = בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Gen 28:1).


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