- חנף
- חָנַף, חָנֵף(b. h.) (to bend, decline from the right path, to be insincere, to flatter; to show favor in court; to deceive. Der. Er. Zuta ch. II אֶחְנוֹף לזהוכ׳ I will flatter (lower myself before) this one that he may give me to eat Hif. הֶחְנִיף same. Sot.41b הִחְנִיפוּ לווכ׳ thy flattered Agrippa (saying to him, ‘Thou art our brother). Ib. מותר להַחְנִיףוכ׳ it is permissible to flatter (submit to the power of) the wicked Y.Ber.VII, 11c. Pesik. R. s. 25 (ref. to Is. 24:5) הבריות מַחֲנִיפִים זה לזה men deal insincerely with one another; והוא מַחֲנִיפוֹוכ׳ and he puts him (the priest or Levite) off with deceptive intent, and says ; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.