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title: חֲנַנְאֵל — Hananeel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲנַנְאֵל (2606), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Hananeel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲנַנְאֵל

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«חֲנַנְאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hananeel** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2606 · **BDB:** חֲנַנְאֵל

### Glosses

of.Hananel (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hananeel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2606/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2606/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (Ēl is gracious; cf. Ph. חננבעל, אלחנן, etc.)—name of a tower at Jerusalem Je 31:38; Zc 14:10; Ne 3:1; 12:39.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲנַנְאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2606/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 31:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.38/)

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הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖יםנְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְנִבְנְתָ֤ה הָעִיר֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל חֲנַנְאֵ֖ל שַׁ֥עַר הַפִּנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* here! days \[are\].coming the.utterance of.Yahweh and it.will.be.rebuilt the city for Yahweh from the.tower of.Hananel the.gate of the.corner

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

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[Nehemiah 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.1/)

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וַיָּ֡קָם אֶלְיָשִׁיב֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַגָּד֜וֹל וְאֶחָ֣יו הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים וַיִּבְנוּ֙ אֶת־שַׁ֣עַר הַצֹּ֔אן הֵ֣מָּה קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִ֖ידוּ דַּלְתֹתָ֑יו וְעַד־מִגְדַּ֤ל הַמֵּאָה֙ קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּ עַ֖ד מִגְדַּ֥ל חֲנַנְאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.arose Eliashib the priest (the) great and brothers his the priests and they.rebuilt (et) the.gate of the.sheep they they consecrated.it and they.set.up doors its and to the.tower of the.hundred they consecrated.it to the.tower of.Hananel

*JPS 1917:* Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

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