חתן / התחתן

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חתן / התחתן
Part of SpeechVerb
Occurrences11
Possible Meanings
  1. Contracting of a marital relationship
Related Wordsחָתָן, חֹתֵן

Possible Meanings

1. Contracting of a marital relationship

The verb hitchaten (התחתן, the hitpael of חתן) denotes the contracting of a marital relationship. In Tanakh, the woman is not מתחתנת‎1 but rather the parties who are mitchaten (מתחתן) are either:

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Rabbinic Hebrew

Modern Hebrew

In Tanakh, in contrast to Modern Hebrew, hitchaten (התחתן) is not used to describe the forming of the marital relationship between the bride and groom (but rather נשא or לקח are used), as it was the father of the bride and not the bride herself who was the active party in the marital contract. This has ramifications for the Biblical meanings of חָתָן,‎ חֹתֵן, and חוֹתֶנֶת.

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