חנה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־נ־ה (kh-n-h)
8 terms

Verb

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
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

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

Proper noun

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
  • Ancient Greek: Ἄννα (Ánna) (see there for further descendants)
  • Chinese: 哈拿 (Hāná)
  • Czech: Hana
  • Dutch: Hanna, Hannah
  • English: Chana (transliteration), Hanna, Hannah (see there for further descendants)
  • Esperanto: Anno
  • Finnish: Hanna
  • German: Hannah
  • Hungarian: Hanna
  • Yiddish: חנה (khane)

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חַנָּה (khaná).

Proper noun

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)