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title: חֶבְיוֹן — hiding · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶבְיוֹן (2253), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hiding. BDB 1906: hiding, hiding-place. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶבְיוֹן

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«חֶבְיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hiding** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2253 · **BDB:** חֶבְיוֹן

### Glosses

the.hiding.place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hiding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2253/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hiding, hiding-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2253/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hiding, hiding-place, or veil, envelope, only cstr. וְשָׁם ח׳ עֻזֹּה Hb 3:4 (וְשָׂם and he maketh, cf. ψ 18:12).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶבְיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2253/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.4/)

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וְנֹ֙גַהּ֙ כָּא֣וֹר תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה קַרְנַ֥יִם מִיָּד֖וֹ ל֑וֹ וְשָׁ֖ם חֶבְי֥וֹן עֻזֹּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and brightness like the light it.is two.horns from hand his \[belong\].to him and.\[is\] there the.hiding.place his.strength his

*JPS 1917:* And a brightness appeareth as the light; rays hath He at His side; and there is the hiding of His power.

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