חֲנוּפָה f. (b. h. חֲנֻפָה, some ed. חֲנֻפָּ׳; חָנַף) 1) hypocrisy, dishonesty, flattery. Sot. 41ᵇ אדם שיש בו ח׳ a man in whom there is insincerity. Ib. אגרופה של ח׳ the power of flattery (towards Agrippa). Ib. 42ᵃ עדה … ח׳ a community in which insincerity (flattery to power) prevails. Snh. 52ᵃ בשביל ח׳ שהחניפו לקרח because they flattered Korah. Kidd. 49ᵇ ח׳ וגסות וכ׳ cringing submission (to power) and haughtiness (towards the weak); a. e. —2) faithlessness to religion, apostasy. Gen. R. s. 48, beg. כל ח׳ וכ׳ where the root חנף is used in the Bible, it means heresy; Yalk. Is. 304.
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חֲנוּפָה f. (b. h. חֲנֻפָה , some ed. חֲנֻפָּ׳ ; חָנַף ) 1) hypocrisy, dishonesty, flattery . Sot. 41ᵇ אדם שיש בו ח׳ a man in whom there is…
References
- Jastrow, חֲנוּפְתָּא 1
- Jastrow, חָנַף 1
- Sotah 41b:14
- Sotah 41b:7
- Sotah 42a:2
- Sanhedrin 52a:14
- Kiddushin 49b:6
- Bereishit Rabbah 48
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 304