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Psalms 56:2
“Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָנַןchânan · khaw-nan'
H2603 · Hebrew
H2603 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2583 (חָנָה));
- KJV renderings
- beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.
- Grammar
- חָנֵּ֣ — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- נִי — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 79 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 33:5Genesis 33:11Genesis 42:21Genesis 43:29Exodus 33:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָנַן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.