- חֲתַן
- חֲתַןch. sam(חתן, to protect). Y.Sot.IX, end, 24c (read:) הוון בעון מִחְתַּנְתֵּיה לנסיותא, they desired to ally him to the Nasi family; Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot הוון אילין … בעון מהיתנתיה (read: מִיחְתַּ׳) members of the Nasi family desired to take him into the family. Ithpa. אִתְחַתֵּן to become connected. Targ. 1 Sam. 18:22, sq.; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XII, 13c bot. אִיתְחַתְּנוּןוכ׳, v. נְשִׂיאוּתָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.