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חֲנָנִי

𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤉

Chanani

H2607 noun

SILEX Entry

Root חנן to be gracious, to show favor, to grant mercy

Definition

Proper noun; a personal name meaning 'Yah (short for YHWH) has shown favor' or 'Yah is gracious.' Used as the name of multiple Israelite individuals in the Hebrew Bible. The semantic range is primarily as a theophoric personal name, signifying one perceived to have received favor or grace from Yahweh.

Semantic Range

(proper name) Hanani, personal name for several Israelites, expressing 'Yah has been gracious', theophoric personal name, rarely used outside of proper name context

Root / Etymology

Formed from the root חנן (to be gracious, show favor) with the theophoric element י (Yah, short for YHWH) suffixed. The name structurally means 'Yah has been gracious' or 'favored by Yah.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

חֲנָנִי occurs as the name of several Israelite figures, including a seer in the time of Asa (2 Chronicles 16:7–10), a son of Heman (1 Chronicles 25:4, 25:25), men involved in the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:2, 7:2), and others. Its usage is concentrated in post-monarchic literature (Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah), reflecting the common practice of theophoric naming in later biblical periods. The base verb חנן is a common root conveying the idea of divine graciousness or favoritism, but as a proper name, חֲנָנִי is not used as a title or description; rather, it asserts a relationship of favor between the named individual and the divine. Later English translations have rendered the name as Hanani, but earlier traditions might transliterate differently. 'Hanani' should not be anachronistically equated with later religious or ethnic identities; the bearers are Israelites of various tribes, not specifically Judahites or Judeans by name.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from חָנַן; gracious; Chanani, the name of six Israelites; Hanani.

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Root Family

חנן (ḥ-n-n) — to be gracious, to show favor, to grant mercy

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1135 בֶּן־חָנָן he showed favor
H2433 חִין and beauty-of
H2580 חֵן favor
H2581 חֵן and to Favor
H2583 חָנָה Favored One (feminine)

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H2607-01 חֲנָ֔נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious 10
H2607-02 לַ/חֲנָ֔נִי lachanani HR/Np to Hanani to Yah-has-been-gracious 1

Occurrences in Scripture

11 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H2607-01 1 Kings 16:1 חֲנָ֔נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 1 Kings 16:7 חֲנָ֜נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 Ezra 10:20 חֲנָ֖נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 Nehemiah 1:2 חֲנָ֜נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 Nehemiah 7:2 חֲנָ֣נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 Nehemiah 12:36 חֲנָ֔נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 1 Chronicles 25:4 חֲנָ֗נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-02 1 Chronicles 25:25 לַ/חֲנָ֔נִי lachanani HR/Np to Hanani to Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 2 Chronicles 16:7 חֲנָ֣נִי chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
H2607-01 2 Chronicles 19:2 חֲנָ֘נִי֮ chanani HNp Hanani Yah-has-been-gracious
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