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title: חַנָּה — Hannah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַנָּה (2584), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Hannah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַנָּה

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«חַנָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hannah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 2584 · **BDB:** חַנָּה

### Glosses

Hannah (11); O.Hannah (1); \[was\].Hannah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hannah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2584/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2584/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. 𝔊 Ἄννα (cf. Nab. חנה EutNo. 20), mother of Samuel 1 S 1:2(×2), 5(×2), 8, 9, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22; 2:1, 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַנָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2584/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.5/)

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וּלְחַנָּ֕ה יִתֵּ֛ן מָנָ֥ה אַחַ֖ת אַפָּ֑יִם כִּ֤י אֶת־חַנָּה֙ אָהֵ֔ב וַֽיהוָ֖ה סָגַ֥ר רַחְמָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and to Hannah he.gave a.portion one double (dm) (et) Hannah he.loved and Yahweh he.had.closed womb her

*JPS 1917:* but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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[1 Samuel 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.21/)

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כִּֽי־פָקַ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת־חַנָּ֔ה וַתַּ֛הַר וַתֵּ֥לֶד שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־בָנִ֖ים וּשְׁתֵּ֣י בָנ֑וֹת וַיִּגְדַּ֛ל הַנַּ֥עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל עִם־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) he.visited Yahweh (et) Hannah and she.conceived and she.bore three sons and two daughters and he.grew.up the lad Samuel with Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* So the LORD remembered Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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