תְּחִנָּה

Joshua 11:20 תְּחִנָּ֑ה favor

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Here: From the root ḥ-n-n, 'be gracious.' It means a petition for grace or the gracious terms granted in answer. Here: no quarter, no peace terms given in response to an appeal. It echoes Deut 7:2, 'you shall not show them favour.'

1 Kings 8:28 תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ supplication his

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

1 Kings 8:30 תְּחִנַּ֤ת [the] supplication of

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

Here: 'The plea of.' The word comes from the root for 'favor, grace' (ḥ-n-n). It is a request for kindness the person asking cannot demand, the way a subject petitions a king.

1 Kings 8:38 תְּחִנָּ֗ה supplication

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

Here: A plea for grace. It comes from the root ḥ-n-n, 'to show favor'. The person asking has no claim and appeals only to God's goodwill.

1 Kings 8:45 תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם supplication their

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:49 תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם supplication their

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:52 תְּחִנַּ֣ת תְּחִנַּ֖ת [the] supplication of

May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

1 Kings 8:54 וְהַתְּחִנָּ֖ה and the supplication

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

Here: "And the plea for grace": from the root meaning "be gracious." It is an appeal to God's favour rather than to the one asking deserving it. The pair "prayer and plea" recurs throughout 1 Kings 8.

1 Kings 9:3 תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ supplication your

And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Here: A request for grace that the asker cannot claim as a right. It comes from the root ḥ-n-n, 'to be gracious'. Solomon used this same word for his own and Israel's prayers (8:28, 30, 38, 45, 49, 52).

2 Chronicles 6:19 תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ supplication his

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

2 Chronicles 6:29 תְּחִנָּ֗ה supplication

then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

2 Chronicles 6:35 תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם supplication their

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

2 Chronicles 6:39 תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם supplications their

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

2 Chronicles 33:13 תְּחִנָּת֔וֹ supplication his

And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

Here: A plea for favor, from the root ḥ-n-n, 'to be gracious'. It asks for mercy that is not owed. It is one of the two key prayer words in Solomon's dedication prayer, including the case of a people carried captive to an enemy land (2 Chr 6:37–39).

Ezra 9:8 תְחִנָּ֜ה favor

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

Here: Usually this word means a plea for mercy. In this verse, as in Joshua 11:20, it means the favor itself, granted from God's side. It comes from the root of chen, 'grace, favor': the kindness a superior shows someone who has no claim on it.

Psalm 6:9 תְּחִנָּתִ֑י supplication my

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Here: 'My plea for favor.' The word comes from the root for 'grace, favor' (ḥanan) and points back to verse 2, 'Be gracious to me (ḥonneni), LORD.' The thing God heard is that exact cry for undeserved kindness.

Psalm 55:1 מִתְּחִנָּתִֽי׃ from supplication my

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.

Here: 'From my plea for favour.' From the root 'ḥanan', 'to be gracious'. It is a request for kindness the speaker cannot demand: an appeal to God's graciousness, not to anything the speaker has earned.

Psalm 119:170 תְּחִנָּתִ֣י supplication my

May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.

Jeremiah 36:7 תְּחִנָּתָם֙ supplication their

Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

Here: 'Their plea for favor': a request that rests on the hearer's kindness, not on the asker's rights. It comes from the same root as ḥēn, 'favor, grace.'

Jeremiah 37:20 תְחִנָּתִי֙ supplication my

But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

Jeremiah 38:26 תְחִנָּתִ֖י supplication my

then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

Jeremiah 42:2 תְחִנָּתֵ֙נוּ֙ supplication our

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Here: From the root 'be gracious': a request that appeals to the hearer's goodwill rather than to any right. They come as people who have no claim, asking for kindness.

Jeremiah 42:9 תְּחִנַּתְכֶ֖ם supplication your

Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

Daniel 9:20 תְּחִנָּתִ֗י supplication my

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

Here: From the root ḥ-n-n, 'to show favor, be gracious'. It is a plea for favor that the one asking has not earned, which matches 9:18: 'not because of our righteous acts, but because of your great mercy.'