H2598 H2598
Dedication or consecration; the inaugural ceremony setting apart an altar, temple, or city wall for sacred use.
Chanukkah denotes the formal act of dedicating a sacred structure to God through ceremony, sacrifice, and celebration. Numbers 7 uses it five times for the dedication offerings at the tabernacle altar, where each tribal leader brought gifts over twelve days (Num 7:10, 11, 84, 88). The Chronicler records Solomon's temple dedication (2 Chr 7:9), and Nehemiah describes the joyful dedication of Jerusalem's rebuilt walls with processions and music (Neh 12:27). Psalm 30's superscription, 'a song for the dedication of the house,' likely points to a later rededication of the temple. This is the same word that gives the post-biblical festival of Hanukkah its name.
Senses
1. dedication, consecration ceremony — Dedication or consecration ceremony for a sacred structure—altar, temple, or city wall—marking its formal setting apart for divine service. Spanish renders consistently as 'dedicación,' English as 'dedication,' confirming the unified semantic range across all occurrences. The word appears in two major contexts: the tabernacle altar dedication with its elaborate twelve-day tribal offering sequence (Num 7:10, 11, 84, 88) and the dedication of completed sacred buildings (2 Chr 7:9 for Solomon's temple; Neh 12:27 for Jerusalem's walls). Psalm 30:1's title extends the concept to rededication, a usage that anticipates the Maccabean Hanukkah (1 Macc 4:52ff.). 8×
AR["تَدشينًا", "تَدْشِينَ", "تَدْشِينُ", "تَدْشِينِ", "لِ-تَدْشِينِ", "وَ-في-تَدشينِ"]·ben["আর-উৎসর্গে", "উৎসর্গ", "উৎসর্গের", "উৎসর্গের-জন্য"]·DE["[ובחנכת]", "[חנכה]", "[חנכת]", "dedication-von", "der-dedication-von", "fuer-dedication-von"]·EN["and-at-dedication-of", "dedication", "dedication-of", "for-dedication-of", "the-dedication-of"]·FR["[ובחנכת]", "[חנכה]", "[חנכת]", "dedication-de", "pomme", "pour-dedication-de"]·heb["ו-ב-חנכת", "חנוכת", "חנכה", "חנכת", "ל-חנכת"]·HI["समर्पण", "समर्पण-के", "समर्पण-के-लिए"]·ID["dan-pada-pentahbisan", "pentahbisan", "peresmian", "untuk-pentahbisan"]·IT["[ובחנכת]", "[חנכה]", "[חנכת]", "dedication-di", "per-dedication-di"]·jav["Lan-ing-pawiwahan", "kanggé-pasrahipun", "ngresmikaken", "pasrah-dalem", "pasrahipun", "pawiwahan"]·KO["그리고-에-봉헌식에", "봉헌-을", "봉헌-을-위하여", "봉헌-의", "봉헌식을"]·PT["E-na-dedicação-de", "dedicação", "dedicação-da", "dedicação-de", "para-dedicação-de"]·RU["для-освящения", "и-при-освящении", "освящение", "освящения"]·ES["Y-en-dedicación-de", "dedicación", "dedicación-de", "para-dedicación-de"]·SW["Na-katika-kuwekwa-wakfu-kwa", "kuwekwa-wakfu", "kuwekwa-wakfu-kwa", "kwa-wakfu-wa", "wakfu-wa"]·TR["-için-adanması", "adanması", "adanmasını", "adanmasının", "açılış", "açılışını", "ve-açılışında"]·urd["اور-وقف-پر", "وقف", "وقف-کی", "وقف-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֲנֻכָּה n.f. dedication, consecration, as a matter of usage only P and late (NH חֲנוּכָּה Feast of Dedication; so Aramaic חֲנוּכְּתָא)—abs. ח׳ Ne 12:27; cstr. חֲנֻכַּת Nu 7:10 + 6 times; dedication of wall of Jerus. Ne 12:27(×2), by sacrifices and processions, with music; of altar in temple 2 Ch 7:9; of ‘the house’ ψ 30:1 (title), i.e. the temple (re-dedication by Judas Maccab., 1 Macc.…