H2583. chanah

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 1 Samuel 26:5; Isaiah 29:1; וְחָנִ֫יתִי‎ consecutive 29:3; Zechariah 9:8; חָנוּ‎ Numbers 2:34 2t.; וְחָנוּ‎ consecutive 1:52; Imperfect וַיִּחַן‎ Genesis 26:17 9t.; 3 feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה‎ Psalm 27:3; יַחֲנוּ‎ Numbers 1:50 13t. Numbers + Exodus 14:2: וַיַּחֲנוּ‎ Exodus 13:26 79t. (of which 42 in Numbers 33); וַיַּחֲנוּן‎ Judges 11:18; 2masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ‎ Exodus 14:2; 1plural 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 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 11t.; חוֺנִים‎ Numbers 2:2; Nahum 3:17; —

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

2 encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —

a. of single nomad Genesis 26:17 (J; followed by ב‎), 33:18 (E; followed by אֶתפֿני‎).

b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness Exodus 13:20 (ב‎) 14:2 (לִפְנֵי‎), 14:2 (עַל‎), + approximately 80 t. (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) Numbers 9:18, 20, 22, 23 compare Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 11:30 so they encamped (i.e. settled, or were settled) from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom ("" ישׁבו‎ 11:25).

c. of armies: (1) Israel (conquering Canaan, etc.) Joshua 4:19; 5:10 + often; (2) Philistines 1 Samuel 4:1; 13:16; 2 Samuel 23:23 +; usually followed by ב‎ location Numbers 10:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 13:16; Joshua 4:19; 1 Samuel 13:5 + 63t. (בְ וַיַּחֲנוּ‎ 2 Samuel 24:5 read ᵐ5 מִן וַיָּחֵלּוּ‎^L We Dr see חלל‎); so of locusts in hedges (in simile) Nahum 3:17; also followed by עַל‎ = by, near Exodus 14:2, 9; 15:27; Numbers 1:52; 2:2, 5, 12, 27; 3:29, 35 (ירך על‎), 33:10; Judges 7:1; 1 Samuel 4:1; השׂדה עלפֿני‎ (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; 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; 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; אשׁרשָׁ֗֗֗ם‎ Exodus 18:5; 1 Samuel 26:5; followed by לְ סביב‎ 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 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.