Lexical Definition

‎חָנָה‎ chânâh (khaw-naw') to camp ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎חָנַן‎)

abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

• properly, to incline
• by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening)
• specifically, to pitch atent
• gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)

1) to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to decline
1a2) to encamp

See Greek: Ἄννα · ἐπιβαίνω · καταλύω · κυκλόω · περιβάλλω · συγκαθίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָנָה‎₁₄₃ verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli ‎מחנת‎ construct camp, Inscription Panammu^{13. 16. 17}; Arabic bend, curve, bend down; Assyrian mûnu, mênu and tênû, couch, mânîtu, house, Zim^{BP 44, 45} Dl in Zim¹¹⁷) —

Qal Perfect ‎חָנָה‎ 1Sam 26:5; Isa 29:1 ‎וְחָנִ֫יתִי‎ consecutive Isa 29:3; Zech 9:8 ‎חָנוּ‎ Num 2:34 + 2 t.; ‎וְחָנוּ‎ consecutive Num 1:52 Imperfect ‎וַיִּחַן‎ Gen 26:17 + 9 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎תַּחֲנֶה‎ Ps 27:3 ‎יַחֲנוּ‎ Num 1:50 + 13 t. Numbers + Exod 14:2: ‎וַיַּחֲנוּ‎ Exod 13:26 + 79 t. (of which 42 in Num 33); ‎וַיַּחֲנוּן‎ Judg 11:18 2 masculine plural ‎תַּחֲנוּ‎ Exod 14:2 1 plural ‎וַנַּחֲנֶה‎ Ezra 8:15 Imperative ‎חֲנֵה‎ 2Sam 12:28 ‎חֲנוּ‎ Num 31:19; Jer 50:29 Infinitive ‎חֲנוֺת‎ Judg 19:9 ‎חֲנֹת‎ Num 1:51 suffix ‎חֲנֹתֵנוּ‎ Num 10:31 ‎חֲנֹתְכֶם‎ Deut 1:33 Participle ‎חֹנֶה‎ Exod 18:5; Ps 34:8* feminine ‎חֹנָה‎ 2Sam 23:13; 1Chr 11:15 ‎חֹנָ֑ךְ‎ Ps 53:6* plural ‎חֹנִים‎ Exod 14:9 + 11 t.; ‎חוֺנִים‎ Num 2:2; Nah 3:17 —

1. decline, of day drawing to its close ‎חֲנוֺת הַיּוֺם‎ Judg 19:9 (|| ‎׳‎‎רָפָה הַיּ‎ ‎לַעֲרוֺב‎; also ‎׳‎‎נְטוֺת הַיּ‎ V:8; ‎הַיּוֺם רַד מְאֹד‎ vJudg 19:11).

2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
a. of single nomad Gen 26:17 (J; followed by ‎ב‎), Gen 33:18 (E; followed by ‎אֶתפֿני‎).
b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exod 13:20 (‎ב‎) Exod 14:2 (‎לִפְנֵי‎), vExod 14:2 (‎עַל‎), + approximately 80 t. (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) Num 9:18; Num 9:20; Num 9:22; Num 9:23 compare Ezra 8:15; Neh 11:30 so they encamped (i.e. settled, or were settled) from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom (|| ‎ישׁבו‎ vNeh 11:25).
c. of armies: (1) Israel (conquering Canaan, etc.) Josh 4:19; Josh 5:10 + often; (2) Philistines 1Sam 4:1; 1Sam 13:16; 2Sam 23:23 +; usually followed by ‎ב‎ location Num 10:31; 1Sam 4:1; 1Sam 13:16; Josh 4:19; 1Sam 13:5 + 63t. (‎וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ‎ 2Sam 24:5 read ‎וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן‎ ᵐ5^L We Dr see ‎חלל‎); so of locusts in hedges (in simile) Nah 3:17 also followed by ‎עַל‎ = by, near Exod 14:2; Exod 14:9; Exod 15:27; Num 1:52; Num 2:2; Num 2:5; Num 2:12; Num 2:27; Num 3:29; Num 3:35 (‎על ירך‎), Num 33:10; Judg 7:1; 1Sam 4:1 ‎עלפֿני השׂדה‎ (‎על‎ in different sense) 2Sam 11:11 followed by ‎עַל‎ also = against, encamp with hostile purpose Josh 10:5; Josh 10:31; Josh 10:34; Judg 6:4; Judg 20:19; 1Sam 11:1; 2Sam 12:28; 1Kgs 16:15; 2Kgs 25:1; 2Chr 32:1; Jer 50:29; Jer 52:4; Ps 27:3 followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ in same sense Josh 11:5 metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (‎על‎) Isa 29:3 followed by also ‎לְ‎ = at, by Num 2:34; Zech 9:8 ‎אשׁרשָׁ֗֗֗ם‎ Exod 18:5; 1Sam 26:5 followed by ‎סביב לְ‎ for protection Num 1:50; Num 1:53, compare metaphor Ps 34:8*, but also hostility Job 19:12 also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g. ‎מֵעֵבֶר‎ Num 21:13 ‎מחוץ‎ Num 31:19 ‎בין‎ 1Sam 17:1 ‎נגד‎ 1Kgs 20:27 etc.; followed by accusative of location 2Sam 17:26 followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense ‎חֹנָ֑ךָ‎ Ps 53:6* without preposition or noun following, in sense of encamp, be or abide in encampment Num 9:18; Num 9:20; Num 9:22; Num 9:23; Ezra 8:15; 2Sam 11:11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem, Isa 29:1 city in which David fixed his camp.

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