חָבָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2244

withdraw — used 34 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

withdraw tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָבָא: vb. withdraw, hide Qal tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. withdraw, hide (not in Qal); cf. also חבה (NH id.; Arabic خَبَأَ; Ethiopic ኀብአ Assyrian ḫabû DlPr 175; 𝔗 Ethpa. hide oneself)— Pf. 3 ms. נֶחְבָּא Ju 9:5 + 1 S 10:22 2 S 17:9 (both may be pt.); נַחְבֵּאתָ Gn 31:37; וְנַחְ׳ consec. 1 S 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּ־ Jos 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ Jb 29:8, 10; Impf. 2 ms. תֵּחָבֵא Jb 5:21; Inf. cstr. הֵחָבֵא 2 Ch 18:24 Dn 10:7; Pt. pl. (cf. also supr.) נֶחְבְּאִים Jos 10:17, etc.—hide oneself in fear Gn 3:10 (J), Jos 10:16, 17, 27 (all JE), Ju 9:5 1 S 19:2 2 S 17:9 Am 9:3 2 Ch 18:24 Dn 10:7; from modesty 1 S 10:22; cf. Jb 29:8; also לָ֫מָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ Gn 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? pass., be hidden Jb 29:10 קול נְגִידִים נֻחְבָ֑אוּ (‖ ולשׁונם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵ֑קָה, cf. also v. 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection בִּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן Jb 5:21. Pf. 3 pl. חֻבְּאוּ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di ad loc.) Jb 24:4. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי Is 49:2; 3 fs. הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֿה Jos 6:17, cf. Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 a Köi. 624 ff. etc.; Impf. וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם 1 K 18:4; 3 fs. וַתַּחְבִּא 2 K 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא 1 K 18:13;—hide, trans., c. acc. Jos 6:17, 25 1 K 18:4, 13 2 K 6:29; metaph., of divine protection Is 49:2 בְּצֵל יָדוֹ ה׳. Pf. be hidden הָחְבָּ֑אוּ Is 42:22 (בְּבָתֵּי כלאים), i.e. imprisoned. Pf. הִתְחַבְּאוּ 1 S 14:11; Impf. יִתְחַבֵּא 1 S 23:23; וַיִּתְ׳ Gn 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ Jb 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ 1 S 13:6; Pt. מִתְחַבֵּא 2 K 11:3 + 2 times; מִתְחַבְּאִים 1 S 14:22 1 Ch 21:20;— draw back, hide oneself, usually c. בְּ loc.; Gn 3:8 (J), 1 S 13:6; 14:11, 22; 23:23 2 K 11:3 1 Ch 21:20 2 Ch 22:9, 12. draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Jb 38:30 כאבן מים יִתְחַ׳.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they hid themselves (3); [is] hiding himself (2); he (2).

In the verses

Job 24:4 · tree →

יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Word for word: they.thrust.aside needy.[people] from.[the] path together they.are.made.to.hide.themselves [the].poor.[people] of.[the].earth

JPS 1917: They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Job 29:8 · tree →

רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃

Word for word: they saw.me young.men and they.hid.themselves and aged.[men] they.rose they.stood

JPS 1917: The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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