1. dedication, consecration ceremony — The formal act of dedicating or consecrating a sacred structure (altar, temple, wall) to God, referring to the inaugural ceremony that sets apart an object for holy use. Uniformly rendered across languages: Spanish 'dedicacion,' Arabic تدشين (tadshin), Korean 봉헌 (bongheon), Hindi समर्पण (samarpan), Swahili 'wakfu/kuwekwa-wakfu.' The three clusters are purely grammatical variants — construct state 'dedication-of,' absolute 'dedication,' and prepositional 'at the dedication of' — all denoting the same ritual event. 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"]
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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.…