Judges 21:22:11Judg.21.22.W11TAB
חָנּ֣וּנוּ
khanunu
“show favor to us”
- Transliteration
- kha-NU-nu
- Extended
- khaa-NOO-noo
- IPA
- /ħaːnˈnuːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- show favor to us
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
kha-NU-nu
- phraseyour reading level
kha-NU-nu o-TAM
- clause
ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI-ya-VO-u a-vo-TAM O a-khe-HEM le-ROV la-RIV e-LEI-nu ve-a-MAR-nu a-LEI-hem kha-NU-nu o-TAM KI LO la-KHAK-nu ISH ish-TO ba-mil-kha-MA KI LO a-TEM ne-TAT-tem la-HEM ka-ET te-e-SHA-mu
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the imperative khannunu {חָנּ֣וּנוּ | ḥăn-nū-nû} ‘show favor’ commands mercy.
Root and etymology
Rootkh-n-n
“to show favor”
In context — Judges 21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, “Show favor to them , because we did not take a wife for each man in the war, and because you did not give to them at this time, so that you would not be guilty .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 21:22, so the Hebrew word חָנּ֣וּנוּ (khanunu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.21.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.22.W11.S1) and character.