חנךְ

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 אותווכ׳ as the Highpriests inauguration lasted seven days (Lev. 8:33, sq.), so is the Highpriest prepared for the service of the Day of Atonement seven days. Naz.29a כדי לחַנְּכֹו במצות in order to initiate his son into the performance of religious duties. Yoma VIII, 4; Tosef. ib. V (IV), 2 מְחַנְּכִיןוכ׳ 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 הכוכיןוכ׳ 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 המזבחוכ׳ that the altar must be dedicated by offering frankincense. Zeb.40b; a. e.