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title: חָנָן — Canan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָנָן (2605), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Canan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָנָן

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«חָנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Canan** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 2605 · **BDB:** חָנָן

### Glosses

Hanan (9); of.Hanan (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Canan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2605/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2605/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (gracious; cf. Sab. חנן, Ph. חנא)— one of the warriors of David 1 Ch 11:43. one of the heads of families of Nethinim Ezr 2:46 = Ne 7:49. names of Levites Ne 8:7; 10:11; 13:3. chiefs of the people: Ne 10:23. Ne 10:27. Benjamite name 1 Ch 8:23, 38; 9:44 (cf. n.pr.loc. בֵּית חָנָן, Mish. כְּפַר חָנָן). אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים head of a prophetic guild, בְּנֵי הָנָן Je 35:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2605/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.23/)

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פְּלַטְיָ֥ה חָנָ֖ן עֲנָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Pelatiah Hanan Anaiah

*JPS 1917:* Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah;

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[Nehemiah 10:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.27/)

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וַאֲחִיָּ֥ה חָנָ֖ן עָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Ahiah Hanan Anan

*JPS 1917:* and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan;

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