חני, חָנָה (b. h.; cmp. גני) [to be covered, surrounded,] to encamp, rest. Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to ויחנך, Num. VI, 25) יַחֲנֶה ד׳ אצלך the Lord have His tent with thee. Lam. R. introd. (R. Naḥm.) (ref. to Is. XXIX, 1) שח׳ בה וכ׳ where David (lawfully) resided, v. חַנְיָיא. Ib. (R. Alex. 1) נוסעים … וחוֹנִים וכ׳ they moved in discord and encamped in discord; Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 1; Lev. R. s. 9; a. fr.—Apocop. form: חָן (as if from חון). Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 47 (play on ב̇ח̇נ̇מ̇ל ib.) ב̇א ח̇ן̇ מ̇ל̇ he (the locust) came, encamped, cut; (Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 בא נ"ח מ"ל; Ex. R. s. 12 interpol. from Midr. Till. l. c.: נח).
Hif. - הֱחֱנָה to cause to rest. Fut. apocop. יַחַן. Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ (play on י̇ח̇נ̇יף̇, Num. XXXV, 33) הדם י̇ח̇ן אף̇ וכ׳ bloodshed causes the anger (of the Lord) to rest upon the ground (rain being withheld); Sifré Num. 161, Yalk. ib. 788 יחון (corr. acc.).