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title: תְּחִנָּה — favour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּחִנָּה (8467), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: favour. BDB 1906: n.f. favour, supplication for favour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּחִנָּה

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«תְּחִנָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **favour** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 8467 · **BDB:** תְּחִנָּה

### Glosses

supplication (19); the.supplication (3); favor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

favour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8467/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. favour, supplication for favour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8467/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. favour, supplication for favour;—ת׳ Jos 11:20 + 4 times; cstr. תְּחִנַּת 1 K 8:30, 52(×2); תְּחִנָּתִי Je 37:20 + 5 times; תְּהִנֹּתֵיהֶם 2 Ch 6:39 etc. + 10 times sf.;— favour, shewn by Israel Jos 11:20 (D); מאת יהוה Ezr 9:8. supplication for favour, from God 1 K 8:52(×2) 2 Ch 33:13 ψ 119:170; ‖ תְּפִלָּה 1 K 8:28 = 2 Ch 6:19, ψ 6:10; 55:2; תפלה (ו)תחנה 1 K 8:38, 45, 49, 54 = 2 Ch 6:29, 35, 39; 1 K 9:3; ת׳ אשׁר התפלל 1 K 8:30 (= תַּחֲנוּן 2 Ch 6:21); תִּפֹּל ת׳ לִפְנֵי let the supplication fall before, Yahweh Je 36:7, the king Je 37:20, Jeremiah Je 42:2; הִפִּיל ת׳ לפני present supplication before, Yahweh Je 42:9; Dn 9:20, the king Je 38:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּחִנָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8467/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.6.10/)

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שָׁמַ֣ע יְ֭הוָה תְּחִנָּתִ֑י יְ֝הוָ֗ה תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י יִקָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* he.has.heard Yahweh supplication my Yahweh prayer my he.will.accept

*JPS 1917:* The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD receiveth my prayer.

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[Psalms 55:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.2/)

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הַאֲזִ֣ינָה אֱ֭לֹהִים תְּפִלָּתִ֑י וְאַל־תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗ם מִתְּחִנָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* give ear.to O.God prayer my and do.not hide.yourself from supplication my

*JPS 1917:* Give ear, O God, to my prayer; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.

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