cha.nut refers to enclosed holding compartments in the account of Jeremiah’s confinement.

The attested use denotes enclosed compartments associated with Jeremiah’s detention in Jeremiah 37:16.

1. enclosed detention compartments · dominant

   In Jeremiah 37:16, the feminine plural noun occurs in the account of Jeremiah being put into a cistern and remaining there many days. The APB renders the setting as being put “into a cistern and into the cells,”.

   Jeremiah 37:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 37:16, the APB presents the confinement setting with “a cistern” and “the cells.” Its exact rendering of the noun cannot be fixed with certainty.