Lexical Definition

‎תַּחֲנוּן‎ tachănûwn (takh-an-oon') supplication ^H:N-M
or (feminine) תַּחֲנוּנָה tachănûwnâh (takh-an-oo-naw'); from ‎חָנַן‎

intreaty, supplication.

• earnest prayer

1) supplication, supplication for favour
1a) to man
1b) to God

See Greek: παράκλησις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תַּחֲנוּן‎ noun [maculine] only plural abstract supplication for favour; — absolute ‎תַּחֲנוּנִים‎ Prov 18:23 + 4 t.; construct ‎תַּחֲנוּנֵי‎ Jer 3:21; 2Chr 6:21 suffix 1 singular ‎תַּחֲנוּנַי‎ Ps 28:2 etc., + 9 t. suffix; also ‎תַּחֲנוּנוֺתָ֑י‎ Ps 86:6 —

1. made to men: ‎׳‎‎דִּבֶּר ת‎ (a poor man to the rich) Prov 18:23 ‎אֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ supplication unto (crocodile to man) Job 40:27* elsewhere

2. to God: || ‎תפלה‎ Ps 143:1; Dan 9:3; Dan 9:17 ‎אשׁר התפלל‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ 2Chr 6:21 (= ‎תחנה‎ 1Kgs 8:30); ‎׳‎‎קוֺל ת‎ voice of supplication Ps 28:2; Ps 28:6; Ps 31:23*; Ps 86:6; Ps 130:2; Ps 140:7*, also Ps 116:2 (for ‎קוֺלִי‎ is old case-ending, and construct as ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Che Bae and others); || ‎בְּכִי‎ Jer 31:9 ‎׳‎‎בְּכִּי ת‎ Jer 3:21 ‎׳‎‎רוח חן ות‎ Zech 12:10 ‎לְפָנֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎אֲנַחְנוּ מַפִּילִים ת‎ Dan 9:18 we are presenting our supplications before thee; ‎׳‎‎בִּתְחִלַּת ת‎ Dan 9:23 at the beginning of thy supplication.

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