חָנָה 143 verb decline, bend down, encamp (Aramaic
axno to aim at, incline towards, reach; Zinjirli
מחנת construct
camp, Inscription Panammu
13. 16. 17; Arabic
حَنَا bend, curve, bend down; Assyrian
mûnu, mênu and
tênû, couch, mânîtu, house, Zim
BP 44, 45 Dl in Zim
117) —
Qal Perfect חָנָה 1 Samuel 26:5;
Isaiah 29:1;
וְחָנִ֫יתִי consecutive
Isaiah 29:3;
Zechariah 9:8;
חָנוּ Numbers 2:34 +
2 times;
וְחָנוּ consecutive
Numbers 1:52;
Imperfect וַיִּחַן Genesis 26:17 +
9 times;
3rd person feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Psalm 27:3;
יַחֲנוּ Numbers 1:50 +
13 times Numbers +
Exodus 14:2:
וַיַּחֲנוּ Exodus 13:26 +
79 times (of which 42 in
Numbers 33);
וַיַּחֲנוּן Judges 11:18;
2nd person masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ Exodus 14:2;
1st person plural וַנַּחֲנֶה Ezra 8:15;
Imperative חֲנֵה 2 Samuel 12:28;
חֲנוּ Numbers 31:19;
Jeremiah 50:29;
Infinitive חֲנוֺת Judges 19:9;
חֲנֹת Numbers 1:51; suffix
חֲנֹתֵנוּ Numbers 10:31;
חֲנֹתְכֶם Deuteronomy 1:33;
Participle חֹנֶה Exodus 18:5;
Psalm 34:8; feminine
חֹנָה 2 Samuel 23:13;
1 Chronicles 11:15;
חֹנָ֑ךְ Psalm 53:6; plural
חֹנִים Exodus 14:9 +
11 times;
חוֺנִים Numbers 2:2;
Nahum 3:17; —
2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
c. of armies:
(2) Philistines
1 Samuel 4:1;
1 Samuel 13:16;
2 Samuel 23:23 +; usually followed by
ב location
Numbers 10:31;
1 Samuel 4:1;
1 Samuel 13:16;
Joshua 4:19;
1 Samuel 13:5 +
63 times (
וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2 Samuel 24:5 read
וַיָּחֵלּוּ מִן 
We Dr see
חלל); so of locusts in hedges (in simile)
Nahum 3:17; also followed by
עַל=
by, near Exodus 14:2,
9;
Exodus 15:27;
Numbers 1:52;
Numbers 2:2,
5,
12,
27;
Numbers 3:29,
35 (
על ירך),
Numbers 33:10;
Judges 7:1;
1 Samuel 4:1;
עלפֿני השׂדה (
על in different sense)
2 Samuel 11:11; followed by
עַל also=
against, encamp with hostile purpose
Joshua 10:5,
31,
34;
Judges 6:4;
Judges 20:19;
1 Samuel 11:1;
2 Samuel 12:28;
1 Kings 16:15;
2 Kings 25:1;
2 Chronicles 32:1;
Jeremiah 50:29;
Jeremiah 52:4;
Psalm 27:3; followed by
אֶלֿ in same sense
Joshua 11:5; metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (
על)
Isaiah 29:3; followed by also
לְ=
at, by Numbers 2:34;
Zechariah 9:8;
שָׁם ֗֗֗ אשׁר Exodus 18:5;
1 Samuel 26:5; followed by
סביב לְ for protection
Numbers 1:50,
53, compare metaphor
Psalm 34:8, but also hostility
Job 19:12; also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g.
מֵעֵבֶר Numbers 21:13;
מחוץ Numbers 31:19;
בין 1 Samuel 17:1;
נגד 1 Kings 20:27 etc.; followed by accusative of location
2 Samuel 17:26; followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense
חֹנָ֑ךָ Psalm 53:6; without preposition or noun following, in sense of
encamp, be or
abide in encampment Numbers 9:18,
20,
22,
23;
Ezra 8:15;
2 Samuel 11:11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem,
Isaiah 29:1 city in which David fixed his camp.
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