Word

תַּחֲנוּן

tachănûwn · H8469 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

begging for mercy, supplication, entreaty, plea

Action by whuch humans try to win a favorable attitude from humans or deities, by approaching them in a very humble way

Examples
2 Chronicles 6:21 “Listen to the pleadings of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; hear and forgive.
Proverbs 18:23 A poor person utters pleadings, But a rich person answers defiantly.
Jeremiah 3:21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping, the pleading of the sons of Israel. Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the LORD their God.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

13 occurrences in 7 groups

יmy 8
בֵּןson 1
עֶבֶדservant, slave 1
עַםpeople 1
ךָyour 1
הוּhis 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

פָּלַלto pray, to intercede 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קוֹלvoice, sound 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

דָבַרto speak, to say 1
נָפַלto fall 1
רָבָהto increase 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

אֵלto, toward 5
בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

9 occurrences in 4 groups

קוֹלvoice, sound 6
בְּכִיweeping 1
רוּחַspirit, wind 1
תְּחִלָּהbeginning 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

δέησις déēsis · G1162 · request, plea, prayer: Greek δέησις renders Hebrew תַּחֲנוּן as its direct translation equivalent for formal prayer-petition or supplication directed to God, both terms denoting earnest entreaty in cultic/devotional contexts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Merciful002001002019: This noun denotes a plea for mercy, as in 2 Chronicles 6:21's request that the LORD listen to the pleadings of His servant and His people Israel.

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָנַן chânan · H2603 · to be kindly disposed, to be generous, to be merciful · 77×חֵן chên · H2580 · beauty, elegance, charm · 69×חִנָּם chinnâm · H2600 · without payment, for free, gratis · 32×תְּחִנָּה tᵉchinnâh · H8467 · mercy, begging for mercy, supplication · 25×תַּחֲנוּןtachănûwn · H8469חַנּוּן channûwn · H2587 · generous, merciful · 13×חַנּוֹת channôwth · H2589 · to be kindly disposed, to be generous, to be merciful · 2×חֲנַן chănan · H2604 · to be kindly disposed, to be generous, to be merciful · 2×חִין chîyn · H2433 · beauty, elegance · 1×חֲנִינָה chănîynâh · H2594 · to show kindness, to show mercy · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8469. tachanun תַּחֲנוּן noun [maculine] only plural abstract supplication for favour; —…

H8469. tachanun
תַּחֲנוּן noun [maculine] only
plural abstract supplication for favour; — absolute תַּחֲנוּנִים Pro 18:23 Pro 18:4t.; construct תַּחֲנוּנֵי Jer 3:21; 2Ch 6:21; suffix 1 singular תַּחֲנוּנַי Psa 28:2 etc., + 9 t. suffix; also תַּחֲנוּנוֺתָ֑י Psa 86:6; —
1 made to men: ת ׳דִּבֶּר (a poor man to the rich) Pro 18:23; ׳ת אֵל supplication unto (crocodile to man) Job 40:27; elsewhere
2 to God: || תפלה Psa 143:1; Dan 9:3, Dan 9:17; ׳ת התפלל אשׁר2Ch 6:21 (= תחנה 1Ki 8:30); ת ׳קוֺל voice of supplication Psa 28:2; Psa 28:6; Psa 31:23; Psa 86:6; Psa 130:2; Psa 140:7, also Psa 116:2 (for קוֺלִי is old case-ending, and construct as ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Che Bae and others); || בְּכִי Jer 31:9; ת ׳בְּכִּי Jer 3:21; ות חן ׳רוח Zec 12:10; ת מַמִּילִים ׳אֲנַחְנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ Dan 9:18 we are presenting our supplications before thee; ת ׳בִּתְחִלַּת Dan 9:23 at the beginning of thy supplication.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Merciful18 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0