חָתָן

חָתָןm. (b. h.; preced.) connection, son-in-law; bride-groom; (metaph., with ref. to the covenant of circumcision, v. בְּרִית) the infant fit for circumcision. B. Bath.98b ח׳ הדרוכ׳ a son-in-law who lives in the house of his father-in-law. Pes.113a הוי זהיר … מחָתְנָהּ הראשון guard thy wife against her former affianced. Y.Ned.III, end, 38b (ref. to Ex. 4:24 sq) משה קרוי ח׳ Moses is called the ḥathan … (and she said) חָ׳ דמים מתבקשין ממך (ed. מתבקש) husband, blood (circumcision) is asked of thee; תינוק קרוי ח׳ the infant is called the ḥathan, (and she said) חָ׳ בדמים אתה עומד לי child of the covenant, a high price I pay for thee; Bab. ib. 32a; Ex. R. s. 5 חָתְנִי תהיה אתוכ׳ thou shalt be my affianced by covenant, thou art given to me Nidd.V, 3 an infant one day old … is לאביו … כח׳ שלם (as regards mourning ceremonies) like a perfect circumcised child to his parents Ber.II, 5 ח׳ פטורוכ׳ a bride-groom in the first night is exempt Keth.8a (in wedding benedictions) משמח ח׳ עם הכלה who causest the bridegroom to rejoice with the bride; a. fr.Trnsf. (cmp. בַּעֲלָא) the fructifying rain. Ber.59b; Taan.6b משיצא ח׳ לקראת כלה when the bridegroom goes forth to meet the bride, i. e. when the falling rain-drops meet the water on the ground and bubble; (oth. opin.; when the rivulets formed by the rain meet each other in gutters..Pl. חֲתָנִים. Keth. l. c. Ib. b, v. בְּרָכָה; a. fr.