חִנָּֽם — Exodus 21:2 Hebrew Word Study

חִנָּֽם

𐤇𐤍𐤌

chinam

without payment

from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.

H2600

Exodus 21:2 · Word #11

Lexicon `H2600`

Lemma	חִנָּם
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤇𐤍𐤌
Transliteration	chinnâm
Strong's	H2600
In-context	without payment

Morphology `HD` All morphology codes

Part of Speech D — Adverb — Modifies a verb

SIBI-P1 `H2600-01`

for no favor

Root	חנן (ḥ-n-n)
Core Meanings	grace, favor, graciousness, unmerited kindness
Semantic Range	without payment, gratis, without cause, without reason, in vain, undeservedly
Conceptual Significance	The term highlights actions that occur apart from earned merit or justified cause—whether expressing unmerited grace or unjust suffering. It contributes to biblical theology by underscoring the contrast between earned recompense and acts that occur purely by favor or, negatively, without legitimate grounds.
Morphological Notes	Adverbial form (HD), likely an old accusative form from the noun חֵן ("favor, grace") with -ָם ending; functions adverbially and is indeclinable.
Rendering Rationale	חִנָּם is an adverb derived from חֵן ("favor, grace") from the root חנן. Rendering it as "for no favor" preserves the root idea of grace or favor while conveying the adverbial sense of something done without payment, cause, or advantage. As an indeclinable adverb (HD), it carries no gender or number distinctions.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root חנן (grace, favor, graciousness, unmerited kindness)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H2603-01`	achon	I will show favor
`H2603-02`	behitechaneno	when he sought gracious favor
`H2604-01`	bemichan	when he showed favor
`H2584-01`	chanah	Favored Woman
`H2583-01`	chanah	Favored Woman
`H2601-01`	chanameel	El-is-Gracious
`H1177-02`	chanan	Baal-of-Grace (masculine singular proper name)
`H2605-01`	chanan	He-has-shown-favor (masculine singular proper name)
`H358-02`	chanan	He-has-shown-favor
`H2603-03`	chanan	he has shown favor
`H1135-02`	chanan	Gracious-One (masculine singular proper name)
`H2606-01`	chananeel	Ḥanan-El (“God-has-shown-favor”)
`H2608-01`	chananeyah	Yah Has Shown Favor
`H2608-02`	chananeyahu	Yahu-has-shown-favor
`H2603-04`	chanani	He-has-shown-grace-to-me (masculine singular proper name)
`H2607-01`	chanani	He-has-shown-me-favor
`H2603-05`	chananu	they showed gracious favor
`H2615-01`	chanaton	Gracious-Place
`H2603-06`	chaneneni	be-gracious-to-me
`H2603-07`	chaneni	Show me favor
`H2603-08`	chanenu	Show favor to us
`H2594-01`	chaninah	graciousness
`H2603-09`	chanon	gracious one (who stoops in favor)
`H2589-01`	chanot	supplications for favor
`H2587-01`	chanun	a favor-showing one
`H2586-01`	chanun	gracious one
`H2603-10`	chanuni	Show favor to me, you (masculine plural)
`H2603-11`	chanunu	You all, show favor to us
`H2580-01`	chen	gracious favor
`H2580-02`	chino	his graciousness
`H2603-12`	chonen	the one who stoops in favor
`H2603-13`	etechanan	I seek favor
`H2603-14`	etechanen	I will seek favor
`H2580-03`	hachen	the gracious-favor
`H2600-02`	hachinam	for no favor
`H2603-15`	hitechananetah	you have sought gracious favor
`H2603-16`	hitechananeti	I have sought favor
`H2603-17`	lachananekhem	to show favor to you all
`H2608-03`	lachananeyahu	to-Yah-has-shown-favor
`H2607-02`	lachanani	to Gracious-to-me
`H2586-02`	lechanun	to Gracious-One
`H2603-18`	lechenenah	he showed gracious favor to her
`H2603-19`	lechonen	to a favor-shower
`H2603-20`	lehitechanen	to seek gracious favor for oneself
`H8467-01`	mitechinati	from my plea-for-grace
`H2603-21`	nechanete	you were shown favor
`H2603-22`	sheyechanenu	that he may stoop in gracious favor to us
`H8469-01`	tachanunay	my pleas for favor
`H8469-02`	tachanunayv	his pleas for favor
`H8469-03`	tachanuney	pleas for favor of
`H8469-04`	tachanuneykha	your pleas-for-grace
`H8469-05`	tachanuneynu	our pleas-for-grace
`H8469-06`	tachanunim	pleas for grace
`H8469-07`	tachanunotay	my pleas-for-grace
`H2603-23`	tachon	you show favor
`H2603-24`	techanem	you shall show them favor
`H8468-01`	techinah	a plea for gracious favor
`H8467-02`	techinah	a plea for grace
`H8467-03`	techinat	supplication-for-favor of
`H8467-04`	techinatam	their plea for favor
`H8467-05`	techinatekha	your plea-for-grace
`H8467-06`	techinatekhem	your plea-for-grace
`H8467-07`	techinatenu	our plea-for-grace
`H8467-08`	techinati	my plea-for-grace
`H8467-09`	techinato	his plea for grace
`H8467-10`	techinoteyhem	their pleas for favor
`H2603-25`	titechanan	you will plead for favor
`H2584-02`	ulechanah	and to Channah (the Favored-One)
`H2581-01`	ulechen	and to Ḥen ("Favor")
`H2603-26`	umechonen	and one showing gracious favor
`H2604-02`	umitechanan	and one seeking favor
`H8469-08`	uvetachanunim	and with pleas for grace
`H2608-04`	vachananeyah	and Yah-has-shown-favor
`H2603-27`	vaetechanan	And I sought favor
`H2603-28`	vatitechanen	and she sought gracious favor for herself
`H2603-29`	vayachan	and he showed favor
`H2603-30`	vayechunenu	and he stooped-in-kindness to him
`H2603-31`	vayitechanen	and he pleaded-for-favor
`H2584-03`	vechanah	and Ḥannah (Favored Woman)
`H2605-02`	vechanan	and Gracious-One
`H2603-32`	vechanani	and bend in favor toward me
`H2603-33`	vechaneni	and show favor to me
`H2592-02`	vechaniel	and El-Is-Gracious
`H2603-34`	vechanoti	and I will show favor
`H2587-02`	vechanun	and a favor-showing one
`H2586-03`	vechanun	and gracious
`H2580-04`	vechen	and gracious-favor
`H2433-01`	vechin	and favor-of
`H8467-11`	vehatechinah	and the plea for grace
`H2603-35`	vehitechanenu	and they sought favor
`H2608-05`	velachananeyah	and to Ḥananyah ("Yah has shown favor")
`H8469-09`	vetachanunim	and pleas for favor
`H3076-01`	veyochanan	and Yohanan ("Yahweh-has-been-gracious")
`H3110-01`	veyochanan	and Yohanan (Yahweh-is-gracious)
`H2603-36`	vichanenu	and may he show favor to us
`H2603-37`	vichunekha	and may he bend-in-kindness toward you (masculine singular)
`H3076-02`	vihochanan	and Yahweh-has-shown-favor
`H2603-38`	yachenekha	he will show you favor
`H2603-39`	yachon	he will show gracious favor
`H2603-40`	ychnny	he will bend-in-kindness toward me
`H2603-41`	yechanen	he graciously bestows favor
`H2603-42`	yechanenu	may he graciously bend in favor toward us
`H2603-43`	yechenan	he will show gracious favor
`H2603-44`	yechonenu	they will show gracious favor
`H2603-45`	yechunenu	he will show gracious favor to him
`H3076-03`	yehochanan	YHWH-has-shown-favor
`H3076-04`	yochanan	Yahweh-has-shown-favor (masculine personal name)
`H3110-02`	yochanan	Yah-has-shown-favor
`H2603-46`	yuchan	he will be granted favor

Word Usage (32 occurrences of H2600)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 29:15	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	for nothing
Exodus 21:2	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without payment
Exodus 21:11	חִנָּ֖ם	chinam	for nothing
Numbers 11:5	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	for free
1 Samuel 19:5	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without cause
1 Samuel 25:31	חִנָּ֔ם	chinam	without cause
2 Samuel 24:24	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	for nothing
1 Kings 2:31	חִנָּ֗ם	chinam	without cause
Isaiah 52:3	חִנָּ֖ם	chinam	for nothing
Isaiah 52:5	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	for-nothing
Jeremiah 22:13	חִנָּ֔ם	chinam	for nothing
Ezekiel 6:10	חִנָּם֙	chinam	vain
Ezekiel 14:23	חִנָּ֤ם	chinam	in vain
Malachi 1:10	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	in vain
Psalms 35:7	חִנָּ֣ם	chinam	without cause
Psalms 35:7	חִ֝נָּ֗ם	chinam-2	without cause
Psalms 35:19	חִ֝נָּ֗ם	chinam	without cause
Psalms 69:5	חִ֫נָּ֥ם	chinam	without cause
Psalms 109:3	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without cause
Psalms 119:161	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	without cause
Proverbs 1:11	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without cause
Proverbs 1:17	חִ֭נָּם	chinam	in vain
Proverbs 3:30	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	without cause
Proverbs 23:29	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	without cause
Proverbs 24:28	חִנָּ֣ם	chinam	without cause
Proverbs 26:2	חִ֝נָּ֗ם	chinam	causeless
Job 1:9	הַֽ/חִנָּ֔ם	hachinam	for nothing
Job 2:3	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without cause
Job 9:17	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without cause
Job 22:6	חִנָּ֑ם	chinam	for no reason
Lamentations 3:52	חִנָּֽם	chinam	without cause
1 Chronicles 21:24	חִנָּֽם	chinam	for free

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Lexicon H2600

Morphology HD All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H2600-01

Words from Root חנן (grace, favor, graciousness, unmerited kindness)

Word Usage (32 occurrences of H2600)

Lexicon `H2600`

Morphology `HD` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H2600-01`