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title: מַחֲנַיִם — Mahanaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲנַיִם (4266), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Mahanaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲנַיִם

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«מַחֲנַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mahanaim** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 4266 · **BDB:** מַחֲנַיִם

### Glosses

Mahanaim (10); to (2); (to) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mahanaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4266/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4266/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (two camps)—E. of Jordan; name from Jacob’s meeting angels according to Gn 32:3 (J), place on border of Gad Jos 13:26, of Manasseh v 30 (P); Levit. city in Gad 21:36 (P) = 1 Ch 6:65; named also 2 S 2:8 (מַהֲנָ֑יִם), v 12, 29 (-נָ֑יִם), 19:33; 1 K 2:8 (-נָ֑ים); מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה 2 S 17:24, 27 1 K 4:14; site unknown, v. Di Gn; כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָ֑יִם Ct 7:1 is put here Ex Hi Öt al.: as at a (the) dance of Mahanaim; dance of a double choir Gi Stickel RV.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲנַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4266/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.14/)

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אֲחִֽינָדָ֥ב בֶּן־עִדֹּ֖א מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃

*Word for word:* Ahinadab the.son of.Iddo (to) Mahanaim

*JPS 1917:* Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

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[Joshua 13:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.26/)

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וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן עַד־רָמַ֥ת הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה וּבְטֹנִ֑ים וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם עַד־גְּב֥וּל לִדְבִֽר׃

*Word for word:* and from Heshbon to Ramath (the) Mizpah and Betonim and from Mahanaim to the.territory of.Lo.Debar

*JPS 1917:* and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Lidbir;

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