חנון

Hebrew

Root
ח־נ־ן (kh-n-n)

Cognate with Arabic حَنُون (ḥanūn, “kind, affectionate”).

חַנּוּן • (khanún)

This adjective is nearly always used to describe God, and thus the feminine and plural forms are very rare.

חָנוּן • (khanún) (masculine plural חֲנוּנִים)

passive participle of חָנַן (khanán).
- c. 1200, Yehuda Alharizi, “Translator's Preface”, in Maimonides, translated by Yehuda Alharizi, Rambam's Introduction to the Mishnah‎:
  חַנּוּנָיו הֵמָּה חֲנוּנִים וּמְלֻמָּדָיו הֵם מְלֻמָּדִים כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי אַעֲבִיר כָּל טוּבִי עַל פָּנֶיךָ וְקָרָאתִי בְשֵׁם ה' לְפָנֶיךָ וְחַנֹּתִי אֶת אֲשֶׁר אָחֹן וְרִחַמְתִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר אֲרַחֵם
  Ḥanunav héma ḥanunim u-m'lumadav hem m'lumadim k'mo she-ne'emar, 'vayómer: ani a'avir kol tuvi 'al panékha v-qaráti v-shem Adonai l'fanékha v-ḥannotí et asher aḥon v-riḥámti et asher araḥem.'
  His merciful ones are merciful, and his learned ones are learned, as is written, 'And he said: I will pass all my goodness before Your face and call by the name of Adonai before you, and have mercy over whom I have mercy and compassion over whom I have compassion.'

חָנוֹן • (khanón)

infinitive absolute of חָנַן (khanán).
- Tanach, Isaiah 30:19, with Young's Literal Translation:
  חָנוֹן יָחְנְךָ לְקוֹל זַעֲקֶךָ
  khanón yokhn'khá l'kol za'akékha
  Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry

From Moroccan Arabic خنونة (ḵnūna, “mucus, snot”).

חְנוּן • (khnún) m (plural indefinite חְנוּנִים, feminine counterpart חְנוּנִית)

חָנוּן • (khanún) m

a male given name
- Tanach, 2 Samuel 10:1, with Young's Literal Translation:
  וַיִּמְלֹךְ חָנוּן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו
  vayimlókh khanún b'no takhtáv
  and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead