חֲנַן

Biblical Aramaic

shew favour — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

shew favour tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲנַן: vb. shew favour Pōʿ. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. shew favour (v. BH);— Inf. c. acc. pers. מִחַן (K§ 46, 3 a) Dn 4:24 (cf. BH Pōʿ. Pr 14:21). implore favour (of God; so BH Hithp.), Pt. מִתְחַנֵּן Dn 6:12.

Jastrow 1903

חֲנַן

The whole Jastrow entry

ch., pret. חַן same. Targ. O. Gen. XXXIII, 5.—Targ. O. Ex. XXXIII, 19 אֵיחוֹן. Targ. Jud. XXI, 22 חֲנוּנוּן להון ed. Lag. (oth. ed. חנינינון) be gracious to them.—Pes. 110ᵇ (in an incantation) אדחֲנַנִי וחֲנַנְכִי וכ׳ while He graced me and yourselves, I had not come to that (v. Ar. s. v. הר 8, a. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for var. lect.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: imploring favor (1); showing mercy to (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:12 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: then the men these they.came.as.a.crowd and they.found (et) Daniel asking and imploring.favor before God his

JPS 1917: Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

Daniel 4:24 · tree →

לָהֵ֣ן מַלְכָּ֗א מִלְכִּי֙ יִשְׁפַּ֣ר עֲלָ֔ךְ וַחֲטָאָךְ֙ בְּצִדְקָ֣ה פְרֻ֔ק וַעֲוָיָתָ֖ךְ בְּמִחַ֣ן עֲנָ֑יִן הֵ֛ן תֶּהֱוֵ֥א אַרְכָ֖ה לִשְׁלֵוְתָֽךְ׃

Word for word: therefore O king advice my let.it.be.acceptable to you and sin your by right.doing break.off! and iniquities your by showing.mercy.to poor.people whether it.will.be a.prolonging of prosperity your

JPS 1917: Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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