What does תַּחֲנוּן mean in the Bible?
תַּחֲנוּן is a Hebrew word meaning "earnest prayer".
Hebrew · H8469
תַּחֲנוּן
Earnest prayer
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תַּחֲנוּן H8469
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 It for mercy 5× Job 41:3, Psalms 28:2, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 31:22
and begging for mercy 1× Jeremiah 3:21
and by their supplication 1× Jeremiah 31:9
and petition 1× Daniel 9:3
and prayer 1× Zechariah 12:10
my appeal for mercy 1× Psalms 116:1
my cry for help 1× Psalms 140:6
my plea 1× Psalms 143:1
of your petitions 1× Daniel 9:23
our petitions 1× Daniel 9:18
petitions 1× Daniel 9:17
pleads for mercy 1× Proverbs 18:23
the plea 1× 2 Chronicles 6:21
to my plea for mercy 1× Psalms 130:2
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2 Chronicles 6:21 תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤י to the plea Noun - masculine plural construct Job 41:3 תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים to for mercy Noun - masculine plural Psalms 28:2 תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי to for mercy Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 28:6 תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ to for mercy Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 31:22 תַּחֲנוּנַ֗י to for mercy Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 86:6 תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃ to for mercy Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 116:1 תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ to my appeal for mercy Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 130:2 תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ to to my plea for mercy Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 140:6 תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ to my cry for help Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Psalms 143:1 תַּחֲנוּנַ֑י to my plea Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Chronicles 6:21
Aligned rows 18
Books represented 7
2 Chronicles 1 Job 1 Psalms 8 Proverbs 1 Jeremiah 2 Daniel 4 Zechariah 1
Source forms
תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ 4x ta·ḥă·nū·nāy Psalms 28:6, Psalms 116:1, Psalms 130:2, Psalms 140:6
וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮ 1x ū·ḇə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîm Jeremiah 31:9
וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑ים 1x wə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîm Daniel 9:3
וְתַ֣חֲנוּנִ֔ים 1x wə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîm Zechariah 12:10
תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃ 1x ta·ḥă·nū·nō·w·ṯāy Psalms 86:6
תַחֲנוּנֵ֖י 1x ṯa·ḥă·nū·nê Jeremiah 3:21
תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤י 1x ta·ḥă·nū·nê 2 Chronicles 6:21
תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי 1x ta·ḥă·nū·nay Psalms 28:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular 8x Psalms 28:2, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 86:6
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 2x Daniel 9:3, Zechariah 12:10
Noun - masculine plural 2x Job 41:3, Proverbs 18:23
Noun - masculine plural construct 2x 2 Chronicles 6:21, Jeremiah 3:21
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 31:9
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural 1x Daniel 9:18
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular 1x Daniel 9:23
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 1x Daniel 9:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. earnest prayer
Source Gloss
earnest prayer
Extended definition Source: 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.
Word Origins
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain