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Genesis 4:17

וַ יֵּדַע קַיִן אֶת אִשְׁתֹּו וַ תַּהַר וַ תֵּלֶד אֶת חֲנֹוךְ וַ יְהִי בֹּנֶה עִיר וַ יִּקְרָא שֵׁם הָ עִיר כְּ שֵׁם בְּנֹו חֲנֹוךְ
And Spearhead is perceiving אֶת-his woman, and she is conceiving, and is bearing אֶת-Dedicated, and he is becoming he-who-builds an awake-one,184 and he is calling-out the name of the awake-one, according to the name of his builder, Dedicated.185
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Narrow builds…himself. Strong’s #2585, Chanok, From #2596, chanak. A primitive root; properly, to narrow (compare chanaq); figuratively, to initiate or discipline -- dedicate, train up.