What does תַּחֲנוּן mean in the Bible?
תַּחֲנוּן is a Hebrew word meaning "earnest prayer".
Hebrew · H8469
תַּחֲנוּן
Earnest prayer
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תַּחֲנוּןH8469
What does תַּחֲנוּן mean in the Bible?
תַּחֲנוּן is a Hebrew word meaning "earnest prayer".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8469?
The BSB source-word alignment has 18 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include for mercy (5), and begging for mercy (1), and by their supplication (1), and petition (1), and prayer (1).
Where does תַּחֲנוּן appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Chronicles 6:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (8), Daniel (4), Jeremiah (2), 2 Chronicles (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfor mercy5×Job 41:3, Psalms 28:2, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 31:22
and begging for mercy1×Jeremiah 3:21
and by their supplication1×Jeremiah 31:9
and petition1×Daniel 9:3
and prayer1×Zechariah 12:10
my appeal for mercy1×Psalms 116:1
my cry for help1×Psalms 140:6
my plea1×Psalms 143:1
of your petitions1×Daniel 9:23
our petitions1×Daniel 9:18
petitions1×Daniel 9:17
pleads for mercy1×Proverbs 18:23
the plea1×2 Chronicles 6:21
to my plea for mercy1×Psalms 130:2
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2 Chronicles 6:21תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤יtothe pleaNoun - masculine plural constructJob 41:3תַּחֲנוּנִ֑יםtofor mercyNoun - masculine pluralPsalms 28:2תַּ֭חֲנוּנַיtofor mercyNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 28:6תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tofor mercyNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 31:22תַּחֲנוּנַ֗יtofor mercyNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 86:6תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃tofor mercyNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 116:1תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tomy appeal for mercyNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 130:2תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃toto my plea for mercyNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 140:6תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃tomy cry for helpNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularPsalms 143:1תַּחֲנוּנַ֑יtomy pleaNoun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Chronicles 6:21
Aligned rows18
Books represented7
2 Chronicles1Job1Psalms8Proverbs1Jeremiah2Daniel4Zechariah1
Source forms
תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃4xta·ḥă·nū·nāyPsalms 28:6, Psalms 116:1, Psalms 130:2, Psalms 140:6
וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮1xū·ḇə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîmJeremiah 31:9
וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑ים1xwə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîmDaniel 9:3
וְתַ֣חֲנוּנִ֔ים1xwə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîmZechariah 12:10
תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃1xta·ḥă·nū·nō·w·ṯāyPsalms 86:6
תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י1xṯa·ḥă·nū·nêJeremiah 3:21
תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤י1xta·ḥă·nū·nê2 Chronicles 6:21
תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי1xta·ḥă·nū·nayPsalms 28:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular8xPsalms 28:2, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 86:6
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural2xDaniel 9:3, Zechariah 12:10
Noun - masculine plural2xJob 41:3, Proverbs 18:23
Noun - masculine plural construct2x2 Chronicles 6:21, Jeremiah 3:21
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural1xJeremiah 31:9
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural1xDaniel 9:18
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular1xDaniel 9:23
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular1xDaniel 9:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. earnest prayer
Source Gloss
earnest prayer
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
earnest prayer BDB: supplication for favour Usage: intreaty, supplication.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.