חָנַךְ (b. h.; sec. r. of חוך) to rub, polish, finish; trnsf. to train; to dedicate.
Pi. - חִנֵּךְ to train, initiate (a child); to inaugurate, prepare for office; to dedicate. Y. Yoma I, 38ᵇ top … מה מְחַנְּכִין אותו וכ׳ as the Highpriest’s inauguration lasted seven days (Lev. VIII, 33, sq.), so is the Highpriest prepared for the service of the Day of Atonement seven days. Naz. 29ᵃ כדי לחַנְּכוֹ במצות in order to initiate his son into the performance of religious duties. Yoma VIII, 4; Tosef. ib. V (IV), 2 מְחַנְּכִין וכ׳ you must train them gradually (to fast on the Day of Atonement) a year or two before religious maturity.—M. Kat. I, 6 מח׳ את הכוכין וכ׳ you may finish up the excavated chambers; v. חִינּיּךְ; a. fr.
Pu. - חֻנָּךְ,
Hithpa. - הִתְחַנֵּךְ, , Nithpa. נִתְחַנֵּךְ to be inaugurated, to be dedicated. Yalk. Prov. 964 יצחק ח׳ וכ׳; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 101ᵃ יצחק נתח׳ וכ׳ Isaac was initiated into the covenant on his eighth day. Sifra Vayikra, Ḥoba, ch. III, Par. 3 שיִתְחַנֵּךְ המזבח וכ׳ that the altar must be dedicated by offering frankincense. Zeb. 40ᵇ; a. e.