צחנה
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| צ־ח־ן (ts-kh-n) |
| 1 term |
Compare صَنَخَة (ṣanaḵa, “filth”).
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /sˤaχˈnaː/ → /sˤaħˈnaː/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /t͡saχaˈna/
Noun
צַחֲנָה • (tsakhaná) f (plural indefinite צְחָנוֹת, singular construct צַחֲנַת־, plural construct צַחֲנוֹת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- stench, stink
- Tanach, Joel 2:20, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְעָלָה בׇאְשׁוֹ וְתַעַל צַחֲנָתוֹ
- ... and the stench of it [their rotting bodies] shall go up; the foul smell rise...
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | צַחֲנָה | first | צַחֲנָתִי | צַחֲנָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַצַּחֲנָה | second | צַחֲנָתְךָ | צַחֲנָתֵךְ | צַחֲנַתְכֶם | צַחֲנַתְכֶן | |
| construct | צַחֲנַת־ | third | צַחֲנָתוֹ | צַחֲנָתָהּ | צַחֲנָתָם | צַחֲנָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | צְחָנוֹת | first | צחנותיי / צַחֲנוֹתַי | צַחֲנוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַצְּחָנוֹת | second | צַחֲנוֹתֶיךָ | צחנותייך / צַחֲנוֹתַיִךְ | צַחֲנוֹתֵיכֶם | צַחֲנוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | צַחֲנוֹת־ | third | צַחֲנוֹתָיו | צַחֲנוֹתֶיהָ | צַחֲנוֹתָם | צַחֲנוֹתָן | |
Synonyms
- סירחון / סֵרָחוֹן (serakhón)
- (Biblical Hebrew) באוש / בְּאֹשׁ (b'osh, “stench”)
References
- H6709 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “צַחֲנָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 544c