Bible Lexicons

חָנַךְ

(1)  to make narrow, and intrans. to be narrow, enge fehn, i.q. חָנַק, עָנַק, which see. Hence חֵךְ for חֵנֶךְ, Arab. حَنَكُ jaws; compare עֲנָק a neck, (from the kindred root עָנַק, ) & הָנַק to strangle.

(2) denom. from חֵךְ, حَنَكُ jaws, palate, properly ἐμβύειν, to put something into the mouth, to give to be tasted; then by a common metaphor, in which taste is applied to understanding (see טַעַם and Job 12:11)

(a) to imbue some one with any thing, to instruct, to train up (compare نشع to put something into one’s mouth, also to instruct, to train). Proverbs 22:6, “train up a child according to his way,” as to his manners and habits. It is thus applied to inanimate things, hence

(b) to initiate, a house (that is to dedicate, or to commence to use). Deuteronomy 20:5, the temple, 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5. (Arabic حَنَكَ to understand. As to the meaning to perceive as ascribed to the Eth. ሐነከ፡ it does not rest upon sufficient authority; see Ludolfi Lex. Eth., page 40, whilst the additional meanings to know, to perceive by the sense, are altogether incorrect).

Derivatives, חֵךְ, חַכָּה, חָנִיךְ pr.n. חֲנוֹךְ and

וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ ויחנכו חֲנָכ֔וֹ חֲנֹ֣ךְ חנך חנכו יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃ יחנכנו׃ chanaCho chaNoch ḥă·nā·ḵōw ḥă·nōḵ ḥănāḵōw ḥănōḵ vaiyachneChu way·yaḥ·nə·ḵū wayyaḥnəḵū yachneChennu yaḥ·nə·ḵen·nū yaḥnəḵennū