BDB2929
II. חִָנִךְ verb train up, dedicate (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1853] apparently denominative from [untranscribed source text 1854] rub palate of child with chewed dates, Lane659 a, of midwife rub palate of new-born child with oil, etc., before it begins to suck, Dozyii, 332; also make experienced, submissive , etc. (as one does a horse by a rope in its mouth) Lane; see also WeSkizzen iii, 154; Late Hebrew חִנֵּךְ accustom; Aramaic חֲנַךְ dedicate, חַנֵּיךְ as Late Hebrew; Ethiopic II. [untranscribed source text 1855] perceive, understand (Di108, [untranscribed source text 1856] initiatio is loan-word Id.ib.)) —