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title: חֲנָנִי — Hanani · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲנָנִי (2607), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Hanani. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲנָנִי

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«חֲנָנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hanani** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 2607 · **BDB:** חֲנָנִי

### Glosses

Hanani (7); of.Hanani (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hanani [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2607/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2607/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (perhaps abbrev. from foll.);— father of the prophet Jehu 1 K 16:1, 7; 2 Ch 16:7; 19:2; 20:34. brother of Nehemiah Ne 1:2; 7:2. a chief musician of David 1 Ch 25:4, 25. a chief musician in time of Nehemiah Ne 12:36. a priest of Ezra’s time Ezr 10:20.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲנָנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2607/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.20/)

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וּמִבְּנֵ֣י אִמֵּ֔ר חֲנָ֖נִי וּזְבַדְיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the.sons of.Immer Hanani and Zebadiah

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

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[1 Kings 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.16.1/)

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וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יֵה֣וּא בֶן־חֲנָ֔נִי עַל־בַּעְשָׁ֖א לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.came the.word of.Yahweh to Jehu the.son of.Hanani on Baasha (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa, saying:

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