(khan•ut′; chamber) – A chamber on Har ha-•Bay′it outside their usual chamber (the Lish•kat′ ha-Gâ•zit′), where they had temporary residence. Derenbourg, Essai, p. 467, and Krauss, REJ, LXIII, 66f., identify it with the 'Chamber of the sons of חָנָן' (a powerful priestly family, cf. Yir^Əm^әyâh′u 34.4) mentioned in J. Pe'ah I,5.]

חֲנוּת, a shop or store in post-Biblical Hebrew and a cognate of חָנָן, is a hapax legomenon, found only in the plural, in Yi•r^әm^әyâh′u 37.16: הַחֲנֻיוֹת (ha-; "the" + khan•u•yot′; chambers), probably derived from חָנָה (to be gracious, kind [also, to decline or encamp; modern Hebrew "to park"], Klein's Etymological Dictionary, p. 224). The cited verse refers to chambers in what was formerly the house of a scribe. A "gracious room" (chamber) in the house of a scribe most likely referred to a temporary collection or storage room for groceries to be distributed to the needy.
     Thus, no other association to a commercial or merchant store or shop is found before this notoriously profiteering first century C.E. priestly family likely turned the חנויות "gracious rooms" into business shops and stores.