Lexical Definition

‎חָבָא‎ châbâʼ (khaw-baw') to hide ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎חָבַב‎)

[idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.

• to secrete

1) to withdraw, hide
1a) (Niphal) to hide oneself
1b) (Pual) to be forced into hiding
1c) (Hiphil) to hide
1d) (Hophal) to be hidden
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to hide oneself, draw back
1e2) to draw together, thicken, harden

See Greek: ἐγκρύπτω · καταβαίνω · καταφεύγω · κρύπτω · κρυφῆ · φράζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָבָא‎] verb withdraw, hide (not in Qal); compare also ‎חבה‎ (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Ethiopic Assyrian —abû Dl^{Pr 175}; ᵑ7 Ethpa`al hide oneself) —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נֶחְבָּא‎ Judg 9:5 + 1Sam 10:22; 2Sam 17:9 (both may be participle); ‎נַחְבֵּאתָ‎ Gen 31:37 ‎׳‎‎וְנַחְ‎ consecutive 1Sam 19:2 ‎נֶחְבְּאוּֿ‎ Josh 10:27 ‎נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ‎ Job 29:8; Job 29:10 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תֵּחָבֵא‎ Job 5:21 Infinitive construct ‎הֵחָבֵא‎ 2Chr 18:24; Dan 10:7 Participle plural (compare also above) ‎נֶחְבְּאִים‎ Josh 10:17, etc. — hide oneself in fear Gen 3:10 (J), Josh 10:16; Josh 10:17; Josh 10:27 (all J E), Judg 9:5; 1Sam 19:2; 2Sam 17:9; Amos 9:3; 2Chr 18:24; Dan 10:7 from modesty 1Sam 10:22 compare Job 29:8 also ‎לָ֫מָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ‎ Gen 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? passive, be hidden Job 29:10 ‎קול נְגִידִים‎ ‎נְחְבָ֑אוּ‎ (|| ‎ולשׁונם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵ֑קָה‎, compare also see 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection ‎בִּשׁוֺט לָשׁוֺן‎ Job 5:21. Pu`al Perfect 3 plural ‎חֻבְּאוּ‎ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di on the passage) Job 24:4. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי‎ Isa 49:2 3 feminine singular ‎הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֹה‎ Josh 6:17, compare Ges<sup>«GKC:75»§ 75</sup>, Rem. 21 a Kö<sup>i. 624 ff. etc.</sup>; Imperfect ‎וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם‎ 1Kgs 18:4 3 feminine singular ‎וַתַּחְבִּא‎ 2Kgs 6:29 ‎וָאַחְבִּא‎ 1Kgs 18:13 — hide, transitive, with accusative Josh 6:17; Josh 6:25; 1Kgs 18:4; 1Kgs 18:13; 2Kgs 6:29 metaphor, of divine protection Isa 49:2 ‎׳‎‎בְּצֵל יָדוֺ ה‎. Hoph`al Perfect be hidden ‎הָחְבָּ֑אוּ‎ Isa 42:22 (‎בְּבָתֵּי כלאים‎), i.e. imprisoned. Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְחַבְּאוּ‎ 1Sam 14:11 Imperfect ‎יִתְחַבֵּא‎ 1Sam 23:23 ‎׳‎‎וַיִּתְ‎ Gen 3:8 ‎יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ‎ Job 38:30 ‎וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ‎ 1Sam 13:6 Participle ‎מִתְחַבֵּא‎ 2Kgs 11:3 + 2 t.; ‎מִתְחַבְּאִים‎ 1Sam 14:22; 1Chr 21:20 —

1. draw back, hide oneself, usually with ‎בְּ‎ local; Gen 3:8 (J), 1Sam 13:6; 1Sam 14:11; 1Sam 14:22; 1Sam 23:23; 2Kgs 11:3; 1Chr 21:20; 2Chr 22:9; 2Chr 22:12.

2. draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Job 38:30 ‎כאבן‎ ‎׳‎‎מים יִתְחַ‎.

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