H2610
חָנֵף
to pollute
1) to be profaned, be defiled, be polluted, be corrupt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be polluted 1a2) to be profane, be godless 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pollute 1b2) to make profane, make godless, cause to be defiled
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[חָנֵף] verb polluted, profane (Arabic incline, decline, hence inclining to a right state, but in Hebrew of inclining away from right, irreligion, profaneness, compare have a i.e. distortion of foot; Syriac in derivatives be profane, etc.; Late Hebrew Hiph`il, Aramaic Aph`el act falsely toward, flatter, חֲנוּפָה hypocrisy; Assyrian hanpu, ruthlessness; hanâpu, exercise ruthlessness toward, Tel Amarna Zim ZA vi, 1891, 256) —
Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָֽנְפָה Isa 24:5 3 plural חָנֵפ֑וּ Jer 23:11 Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחְֶנַף Jer 3:1 תֱּהֶָנ֑ף Mic 4:11 וֵתֶּחֱנַף Jer 3:9; Ps 106:38 Infinitive absolute חָנוֺף Jer 3:1 —
2. of prophet and priest = be חָנֵף (compare below) i.e. profane, godless Jer 23:11. — apparentlytrans וַתֶּחֱנַף את הארץ, Gf strike out את, Gie cites Ges § 121,1, but read rather Hiph`il וַתַּחֲנֵף with Manuscripts ᵐ5 Ew and others (see also Gf. Gie). Hiph`il Imperfect יַחֲנִיף Num 35:33; Dan 11:33 2 feminine singular וַתַּחֲנִ֫יפִי Jer 3:2 2 masculine plural תַּחֲנִ֫יפוּ; —
1. pollute: the land Num 35:33 (twice in verse) (by blood; P), Jer 3:2 (by idolatry, etc.) + Jer 3:9 (see above)
2. make profane, godless Dan 11:32 with accusative of person
9 occurrences
Numbers (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (4), Daniel (1), Micah (1)