חָנָה
chânâh · khaw-naw'
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן));
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
- properly, to incline
- by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening)
- specifically, to pitch atent
- gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
143 occurrences · 143 OT · 0 NT · 60 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and pitched50 · 43%
- and encamped23 · 20%
- pitched7 · 6%
- and they pitched5 · 4%
- shall pitch4 · 3%
- encamped3 · 3%
- that lie2 · 2%
- and encamp2 · 2%
- and they encamped2 · 2%
- they rested2 · 2%
- them encamping1 · 1%
- and those which pitch1 · 1%
- it shall ye encamp1 · 1%
- where he encamped1 · 1%
- and pitched his tent1 · 1%
- pitch1 · 1%
- shall they pitch1 · 1%
- shall pitch their tents1 · 1%
- is to be pitched1 · 1%
- unto it, and shall encamp1 · 1%
- camped1 · 1%
- and those that do pitch1 · 1%
- and had pitched1 · 1%
- as they encamp1 · 1%
- thence, and pitched his tent1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.