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title: חֵן — Hen · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵן (2581), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Hen. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵן

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«חֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hen** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2581 · **BDB:** חֵן³

### Glosses

Hen (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2581/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2581/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (favour)—contemp. of Zerubbabel Zc 6:14, so RV SS We, but RVm Ew Hi Ke Or grace, favour, kindness.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2581/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.6.14/)

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וְהָעֲטָרֹ֗ת תִּֽהְיֶה֙ לְחֵ֙לֶם֙ וּלְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה וְלִידַֽעְיָ֔ה וּלְחֵ֖ן בֶּן־צְפַנְיָ֑ה לְזִכָּר֖וֹן בְּהֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the crown(s) it.will.be to Helem and to Tobiah and to Jedaiah and to Hen the.son of.Zephaniah to a.memorial in the.temple of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the LORD.

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