חַנּוּן

«חַנּוּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: gracious — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 13 times · Key: 2587 · BDB: חַנּוּן

Glosses

gracious (6); [is].gracious (5); [am].gracious (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

gracious tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. gracious tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. gracious, only used as an attribute of God, as hearing the cry of the vexed debtor Ex 22:26 (covt. code), ‖ מְרַחֵם ψ 116:5; elsewhere in the earlier phrase רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן Ex 34:6 (JE) = ψ 86:15; 103:8, or the later חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם 2 Ch 30:9; Ne 9:17, 31 ψ 111:4; 112:4; 145:8 Jo 2:13; Jon 4:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חַנּוּן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 116:5

חַנּ֣וּן יְהֹוָ֣ה וְצַדִּ֑יק וֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּ מְרַחֵֽם׃

Word for word: [is].gracious Yahweh and righteous and God our [is].having.compassion

JPS 1917: Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate.

Psalms 103:8

רַח֣וּם וְחַנּ֣וּן יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֖רֶךְ אַפַּ֣יִם וְרַב־חָֽסֶד׃

Word for word: [is].compassionate and gracious Yahweh long of.anger(s) and great of.covenant.loyalty

JPS 1917: The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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