חָנָה

Qal Perfect חָנָה 1 Sam 26,5; Es 29,1 וְחָנִ֫יתִי consecutive Es 29,3; Zak 9,8 חָנוּ 4 Mos 2,34 + 2 t.; וְחָנוּ consecutive 4 Mos 1,52 Imperfect וַיִּחַן 1 Mos 26,17 + 9 t.; 3 feminine singular תַּחֲנֶה Sl 27,3 יַחֲנוּ 4 Mos 1,50 + 13 t. Numbers + 2 Mos 14,2: וַיַּחֲנוּ 2 Mos 13,26 + 79 t. (of which 42 in 4 Mos 33,1–200); וַיַּחֲנוּן Dom 11,18 2 masculine plural תַּחֲנוּ 2 Mos 14,2 1 plural וַנַּחֲנֶה Ezr 8,15 Imperative חֲנֵה 2 Sam 12,28 חֲנוּ 4 Mos 31,19; Jer 50,29 Infinitive חֲנוֺת Dom 19,9 חֲנֹת 4 Mos 1,51 suffix חֲנֹתֵנוּ 4 Mos 10,31 חֲנֹתְכֶם 5 Mos 1,33 Participle חֹנֶה 2 Mos 18,5; Sl 34,8 feminine חֹנָה 2 Sam 23,13; 1 Kron 11,15 חֹנָ֑ךְ Sl 53,6 plural חֹנִים 2 Mos 14,9 + 11 t.; חוֺנִים 4 Mos 2,2; Nah 3,17 —

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

2. encamp (properly verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day's march): —
\ \ a. of single nomad 1 Mos 26,17 (J; followed by ב), 1 Mos 33,18 (E; followed by אֶתפֿני).
\ \ b. of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness 2 Mos 13,20 (ב) 2 Mos 14,2 (לִפְנֵי), v2 Mos 14,2 (עַל), + approximately 80 t. (Hexateuch chiefly P); also (absolute) 4 Mos 9,18; 4 Mos 9,20; 4 Mos 9,22; 4 Mos 9,23 compare Ezr 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.) Jos 4,19; Jos 5,10 + often; (2) Philistines 1 Sam 4,1; 1 Sam 13,16; 2 Sam 23,23 +; usually followed by ב location 4 Mos 10,31; 1 Sam 4,1; 1 Sam 13,16; Jos 4,19; 1 Sam 13,5 + 63t. (וַיַּחֲנוּ בְ 2 Sam 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 2 Mos 14,2; 2 Mos 14,9; 2 Mos 15,27; 4 Mos 1,52; 4 Mos 2,2; 4 Mos 2,5; 4 Mos 2,12; 4 Mos 2,27; 4 Mos 3,29; 4 Mos 3,35 (על ירך), 4 Mos 33,10; Dom 7,1; 1 Sam 4,1 עלפֿני השׂדה (על in different sense) 2 Sam 11,11 followed by עַל also = against, encamp with hostile purpose Jos 10,5; Jos 10,31; Jos 10,34; Dom 6,4; Dom 20,19; 1 Sam 11,1; 2 Sam 12,28; 1 Kong 16,15; 2 Kong 25,1; 2 Kron 32,1; Jer 50,29; Jer 52,4; Sl 27,3 followed by אֶלֿ in same sense Jos 11,5 metaphor of God's hostility to apostate Jerusalem (על) Es 29,3 followed by also לְ = at, by 4 Mos 2,34; Zak 9,8 אשׁרשָׁ֗֗֗ם 2 Mos 18,5; 1 Sam 26,5 followed by סביב לְ for protection 4 Mos 1,50; 4 Mos 1,53, compare metaphor Sl 34,8, but also hostility Job 19,12 also follwed by other prepositions and prepositional phrases, e.g. מֵעֵבֶר 4 Mos 21,13 מחוץ 4 Mos 31,19 בין 1 Sam 17,1 נגד 1 Kong 20,27 etc.; followed by accusative of location 2 Sam 17,26 followed by suffix accusative with hostile sense חֹנָ֑ךָ Sl 53,6 without preposition or noun following, in sense of encamp, be or abide in encampment 4 Mos 9,18; 4 Mos 9,20; 4 Mos 9,22; 4 Mos 9,23; Ezr 8,15; 2 Sam 11,11 +; poetic of David in Jerusalem, Es 29,1 city in which David fixed his camp.