chabah (H2247) — Hebrew Word Study — MannaFest

Hebrew · Strong's H2247

חָבָה

chabahkhaw-bah'

to secrete

1890 spelling: châbâh

Gematria 15

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to secrete

Rendered in the KJV as

hide (self).

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

וְנֶחְבָּ֖ה1
וְנַחְבֵּתֶ֨ם1
חֲבִ֥י1
לְהֵחָבֵ֤ה1
לְהֵחָבֵֽה׃1

How it is rendered · 5

and it will hide itself1
and you will hide yourselves1
hide1
to hide themselves1
to hide yourself1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)2
Hc/VNq2mp1
Hc/VNq3ms1
verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1

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HR/VNcc · 2
Hc/VNq2mp · 1
Hc/VNq3ms · 1
HVqv2ms · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua1 of 5 · 20%
1 Kings1 of 5 · 20%
2 Kings1 of 5 · 20%
Isaiah1 of 5 · 20%
Jeremiah1 of 5 · 20%

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Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 2:16וְנַחְבֵּתֶ֨םvenachbetemHc/VNq2mp“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”here: and you will hide yourselves

1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 22:25לְהֵחָבֵֽה׃lehechavehpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”here: to hide yourself

2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 7:12לְהֵחָבֵ֤הlehechavehpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”here: to hide themselves

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 26:20חֲבִ֥יchaviverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularGo, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.here: hide

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 49:10וְנֶחְבָּ֖הvenechbahHc/VNq3msBut I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.here: and it will hide itself

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