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חנה

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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    Root
    ח־נ־ה (kh-n-h)
    8 terms

    Verb

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    חָנָה (ḥaná) (pa'al construction, future יַחֲנֶה)

    1. to camp
      • Tanach, Exodus 19:2, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
        וַיִּסְעוּ מֵרְפִידִים, וַיָּבֹאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינַי וַיַּחֲנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר; וַיִּחַן־שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶגֶד הָהָר.
        vayyisə'ú merəfidím, vayyavoú midbár sináy vayyaḥanú bammidbár; vayyíḥan-šam yisraél néged hahár.
        When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain.
    2. to park
    Conjugation
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    Conjugation of חָנָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
    non-finite forms to-infinitive לַחֲנוֹת
    action noun חֲנִיָּה
    passive participle
    finite forms singular plural
    m f m f
    past first חָנִיתִי חָנִינוּ
    second חָנִיתָ חָנִית חֲנִיתֶם1 חֲנִיתֶן1
    third חָנָה חָנְתָה חָנוּ
    present חוֹנֶה חוֹנָה חוֹנִים חוֹנוֹת
    future first אֶחֱנֶה נֶחֱנֶה
    second תֶּחֱנֶה תֶּחֱנִי תֶּחֱנוּ תֶּחֱנֶינָה2
    third יֶחֱנֶה תֶּחֱנֶה יֶחֱנוּ תֶּחֱנֶינָה2
    imperative positive חֲנֵה חֲנִי חֲנוּ חֲנֶינָה2
    negative אַל + Second person future tense

    1 Pronounced חָנִיתֶם and חָנִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
    2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

    Etymology 2

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      Related to חַנּוּן (ḥanún, merciful, gracious, compassionate).

      Proper noun

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      חַנָּה (ḥanáf [pattern: קַטְלָה]

      1. a female given name, Hannah, Hanna, Hana, or Chana
      2. (biblical) Hannah (mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament)
      Descendants
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      Yiddish

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Hebrew חַנָּה (khaná).

      Proper noun

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      חנה (khanef, diminutive חנהלע (khanele)

      1. a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah
      2. (biblical) Hannah (mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament)