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חָנָה — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָנָה

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חָנָה

ḥānâ

decline

חָנָה 143 vb. decline, bend down, encamp

Qal

1. decline, of day drawing to its close

2. encamp (prop. verge toward, incline to, settle at, of goal of day’s march)

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.