חרטום
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חרטום¹
- /χaʁˈtom/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Compare Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm, “trunk, snout, nose”).
חרטום²
- /χaʁˈtom/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From Demotic Egyptian ḥrj-tp, ḥr-tb (“lector priest, magician”), from Egyptian ḥrj-tp (“chief, leader, head man”), from ḥrj (“being upon”) + tp (“head”).
noun חַרְטֹם · khartóm · חרטומים · חַרְטֻמִּים · חרטומי־ · חַרְטֻמֵּי־
- magician, scholar, priest (chiefly Egyptian) וַיִּקְרָא גַּם פַּרְעֹה לַחֲכָמִים וְלַמְכַשְּׁפִים וַיַּעֲשׂוּ גַם הֵם חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם בְּלַהֲטֵיהֶם כֵּן.
חרטום³
proper noun
- alternative form of חַ׳רְטוּם or alternative form of חֻ׳רטוּם: Khartoum
In English
Talk about this word "חרטום." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. חרטום. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D "חרטום." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D.Cite this
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