חֵן֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֵן֙

   KHEN

   favor
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א חֵן֙

   im-em-TSA KHEN

   if I find favor
3. clause🔊 אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וֶהֱשִׁבַ֕נִי וְהִרְאַ֥נִי אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־נָוֵֽהוּ׃

   im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu

   if I find favor in the eyes of the LORD then he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְצָד֔וֹק הָשֵׁ֛ב אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הָעִ֑יר אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וֶהֱשִׁבַ֕נִי וְהִרְאַ֥נִי אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־נָוֵֽהוּ׃

   va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu

   and said the king to Zadok return the ark of God the city if I find favor in the eyes of the LORD then he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place

Exegesis

The conditional clause begins with ʾim {אִם־ | ʾim} ‘if’ plus the first person imperfect ʾemṣāʾ {אֶמְצָ֥א | ʾemṣāʾ} ‘I find’ followed by ḥên {חֵן֙ | ḥên} ‘favor’ in the prepositional phrase bə-ʿêynê {בְּעֵינֵ֣י | bə-ʿêynê} ‘in the eyes of’ YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | YHWH}.

Root and etymology

ח-נ-נ🔊 ḥ-n-n

“favor, grace”

• 🔊 חָנַןḥā-nănto show favorPsalm 67:2