Lexical Summary chaba: to withdraw, hide Original Word: חָבָאTransliteration: chaba Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-baw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to withdraw, hide Meaning: to withdraw, hide Strong's Concordance held, hide self, do secretly A primitive root (compare chabab); to secrete -- X held, hide (self), do secretly. see HEBREW chabab Brown-Driver-Briggs H2244. chaba [חָבָא] verb withdraw, hide (not in Qal); compare also חבה (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Ethiopic Assyrian —abû DlPr 175; ᵑ7 Ethpa`al hide oneself) — Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נֶחְבָּא Judges 9:5 + 1 Samuel 10:22; 2 Samuel 17:9 (both may be participle); נַחְבֵּאתָ Genesis 31:37; ׳וְנַחְ consecutive 1 Samuel 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּֿ Joshua 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ Job 29:8, 10; Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּחָבֵא 5:21; Infinitive construct הֵחָבֵא2 Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; Participle plural (compare also above) נֶחְבְּאִים Joshua 10:17, etc. — hide oneself in fear Genesis 3:10 (J), Joshua 10:16-17, 27 (all J E), Judges 9:5; 1 Samuel 19:2; 2 Samuel 17:9; Amos 9:3; 2 Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; from modesty 1 Samuel 10:22; compare Job 29:8; also לִבְרֹחַ נַחְבֵּאתָ לָ֫מָּה Genesis 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? passive, be hidden Job 29:10 נְחְבָ֑אוּ נְגִידִים קול ("" דָּבֵ֑קָה לְחִכָּם ולשׁונם, compare also see 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection לָשׁוֺן בִּשׁוֺט 5:21. Pu`al Perfect3plural חֻבְּאוּ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di on the passage) Job 24:4. Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי Isaiah 49:2-3;feminine singular הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֹה Joshua 6:17, compare Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 a Köi. 624 ff. etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם 1 Kings 18:4; 3feminine singular וַתַּחְבִּא 2 Kings 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא 1 Kings 18:13; — hide, transitive, with accusative Joshua 6:17, 25; 1 Kings 18:4, 13; 2 Kings 6:29; metaphor, of divine protection Isaiah 49:2 ה יָדוֺ ׳בְּצֵל. Hoph`al Perfect be hidden הָחְבָּ֑אוּ Isaiah 42:22 (כלאים בְּבָתֵּי), i.e. imprisoned. Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְחַבְּאוּ 1 Samuel 14:11; Imperfect יִתְחַבֵּא 23:23; ׳וַיִּתְ Genesis 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ Job 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ 1 Samuel 13:6; Participle מִתְחַבֵּא 2 Kings 11:3 2t.; מִתְחַבְּאִים 1 Samuel 14:22; 1 Chronicles 21:20; — 1 draw back, hide oneself, usually with בְּ local; Genesis 3:8 (J), 1 Samuel 13:6; 14:11, 22; 23:23; 2 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 22:9, 12. 2 draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Job 38:30 יִתְחַ ׳מים כאבן. |
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