חֲנִינָה II, 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).
חֲנִינָה II, 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.
חֲנִינָה II, (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.