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title: חָבָה — withdraw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָבָה (2247), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: withdraw. BDB 1906: vb. withdraw, hide. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָבָה

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«חָבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **withdraw** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2247 · **BDB:** חָבָה

### Glosses

hide (1); hide.themselves (1); hide.yourself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

withdraw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2247/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. withdraw, hide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2247/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. withdraw, hide, cf. חבא;— Imv. ms. חֲבִי Is 26:20 (Aramaic form, Ol§ 235, 3 Ew§ 224 c Du; Di reads חֲבֵי = חֲבֵה), withdraw into privacy (‖ בֹּא בַחֲדָרֶיךָ). Pf. וְנֶחְבָּה consec. Je 49:10; וְנַחְבֵּתֶם consec. Jos 2:16 (JE); Inf. לְהֵחָבֵה (as ל״א) 1 K 22:25 2 K 7:12; withdraw, hide oneself, lit. Jos 2:16 (JE), sq. שָׁמָּה; 2 K 7:12 c. בְּ loc.; 1 K 22:25; of Esau = Edom, hiding from judgment of י׳, וְנֶחְבָּה לֹא יוּכָ֑ל Je 49:10, as pointed, meant no doubt as pf., but constr. then hard; read rather inf. abs. נַחְבֹּה; so Gf Gie al. (v. Köi. 624).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2247/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 22:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.25/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִיכָ֔יְהוּ הִנְּךָ֥ רֹאֶ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֛א חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Micaiah there you \[are\].about.to.see on the day (the) that when you.will.go a.room in a.room to hide.yourself

*JPS 1917:* And Micaiah said: 'Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.'

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[Isaiah 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.20/)

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לֵ֤ךְ עַמִּי֙ בֹּ֣א בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ וּֽסְגֹ֥ר דְּלָתְךָ֖ בַּעֲדֶ֑ךָ חֲבִ֥י כִמְעַט־רֶ֖גַע עַד־יַעֲבָר־זָֽעַם׃

*Word for word:* come my.people my go in rooms your and shut door your behind you hide like a.little of.a.moment until it.has.passed.by indignation

*JPS 1917:* Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

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