חָתָן noun masculine daughter's husband, bride-groom (as one who undergoes circumcision, see above; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חַתְנָא, and (also sister's husband, etc.); vulgar Arabic daughter's husband, then more generally wife's and husband's relations; Sabean (Lihyân) חֿתן daughter's husband DHMEpigr. Denkm. 87; Assyrian —atanu, daughter's husband COTGloss) — absolute ׳ח [1Sam 18:18] + 10 t. + [Gen 19:12] (where read חֲתָנֶיךָ ᵐ5 Ol Di); construct חֲתַן [Exod 4:23] + 4 t.; suffix חֲתָנוֺ [Judg 19:5] חֲתָנָיו [Gen 19:14] (twice in verse); —
1. in relation to a father, daughter's husband, or bridegroom [Gen 19:12]; [Gen 19:14] (לֹקְחֵי בְּנֹתָיו ׳ח), v[Gen 19:14] (all J), [Judg 15:6]; [Judg 19:5]; [1Sam 18:18]; [1Sam 22:14]; [Neh 6:18]; [Neh 13:28] see also חֲתַן בֵּית אַחְאָב [2Kgs 8:27] son-in-law of the house of Ahad, said of Ahaziah, whose mother Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab.
2. in relation to the bride, bridegroom דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי ׳ח [Exod 4:25] a bloody bridegroom art thou to me, compare v[Exod 4:26] (J; on this see WeProl. 1886, 355); || כַּלָּה [Jer 7:34]; [Jer 16:9]; [Jer 25:10]; [Jer 33:11]; [Joel 2:16] in simile of ׳י's work for and delight in his people [Isa 61:10]; [Isa 62:5] of sun [Ps 19:6].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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