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חָבָא — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָבָא

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חָבָא

ḥābāʾ

withdraw

[חָבָא] vb. withdraw, hide (not in Qal)

Niph. hide oneself

Pu. have been hidden

Hiph. hide, trans.

Hoph. be hidden

Hithp.

1. draw back, hide oneself

2. draw together, thicken, harden

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.