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title: תַּחֲנוּן — supplication for favour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחֲנוּן (8469), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: supplication for favour. BDB 1906: pl.abstr. supplication for favour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחֲנוּן

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«תַּחֲנוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **supplication for 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 8469 · **BDB:** תַּחֲנוּן

### Glosses

supplications (9); my.supplications (6); of.the.supplications (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

supplication for favour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8469/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl.abstr. supplication for favour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8469/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] only pl.abstr. supplication for favour;—abs. תַּחֲנוּנִים Pr 18:23 + 4 times; cstr. תַּחֲנוּנֵי Je 3:21; 2 Ch 6:21; sf. 1 s. תַּחֲנוּנַי ψ 28:2 etc., + 9 times sf.; also תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָ֑י ψ 86:6;— made to men: דִּבֶּר ת׳ (a poor man to the rich) Pr 18:23; ת׳ אֵל supplication unto (crocodile to man) Jb 40:27; elsewhere to God: ‖ תפלה ψ 143:1 Dn 9:3, 17; ת׳ אשׁר התפלל 2 Ch 6:21 (= תחנה 1 K 8:30); קוֹל ת׳ voice of supplication ψ 28:2, 6; 31:23; 86:6; 130:2; 140:7, also 116:2 (for קוֹלִי is old case-ending, and cstr. as 𝔊 𝔙 Che Bae al.); ‖ בְּכִי Je 31:9; בְּכִי ת׳ Je 3:21; רוח חן ות׳ Zc 12:10; אֲנַחְנוּ מַפִּילִים ת׳ לְפָנֶיךָ Dn 9:18 we are presenting our supplications before thee; בִּתְחִלַּת ת׳ Dn 9:23 at the beginning of thy supplication.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּחֲנוּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8469/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 28:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.28.6/)

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בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝מַע ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[be\].blessed Yahweh (dm) he.has.heard the.sound my.supplications my

*JPS 1917:* Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

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[Proverbs 18:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.23/)

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תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* supplications he.speaks \[one.who.is\].poor and a.rich.\[person\] he.answers strong.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.

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