חֲנִינָה II f. (b. h.; חָנַן) 1) mercy. Gen. R. s. 78; s. 92 שמענו ח׳ בי"א וכ׳ we find grace applied to the eleven tribes (before Benjamin was born; Gen. XXXIII, 5). —2) caressing (of the new-born child). M. Kat. 25ᵇ (play on Ḥannin) בעת חֲנִינָתוֹ אבד חַנִּינוֹ (v. חֲנִיכָה) at the moment of his receiving caresses died he who was to caress him. —3) (name of fiction, v. preced.) Ḥăninah (Love). Snh. 98ᵇ דבי ר׳ חנינה אמרי ח׳ שמו the disciples of R. Ḥ. said, the Messiah’s name is Ḥ.
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חֲנִינָה II f. (b. h.; חָנַן ) 1) mercy . Gen. R. s. 78 ; s. 92 שמענו ח׳ בי"א וכ׳ we find grace applied to the eleven tribes (before Benjamin was…
References
- Jastrow, חָנַן 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 78:10
- Genesis 33:5
- Moed Katan 25b:9
- Jastrow, חֲנִיכָה 1
- Jastrow, חֲנִינָא 1
- Sanhedrin 98b:14