לְ/חוֹנֵ֖ן
𐤋/𐤇𐤅𐤍𐤍
chânan
for him who is gracious
To show favor or grace, to be gracious or merciful, to grant favor or relief out of compassion. The verb encompasses acts of bestowing favor or showing mercy, as well as the act of seeking or imploring such favor, often in the context of supplication to a person of higher status or to deity. In causative stems (piel, hithpael), it can mean 'to plead for grace' or 'to implore mercy.' The word is frequently used of both divine and human actions, expressing an unearned demonstration of favor.
Proverbs 28:8 · Word #6
Lexicon H2603
| Lemma | חָנַן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤍𐤍 |
| Transliteration | chânan |
| Strong's | H2603 |
| Definition | To show favor or grace, to be gracious or merciful, to grant favor or relief out of compassion. The verb encompasses acts of bestowing favor or showing mercy, as well as the act of seeking or imploring such favor, often in the context of supplication to a person of higher status or to deity. In causative stems (piel, hithpael), it can mean 'to plead for grace' or 'to implore mercy.' The word is frequently used of both divine and human actions, expressing an unearned demonstration of favor. |
Morphology HR/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | for him who is gracious |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2603-19
to the one who shows favor
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular absolute, with prefixed לְ preposition ("to"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine singular חוֹנֵן denotes "one who shows favor" or "a gracious one." The prefixed לְ adds the prepositional sense "to," yielding "to the one who shows favor," preserving both root meaning and morphology. |
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