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1 Samuel 26:3
“And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2583 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2603 (חָנַן));
- KJV renderings
- abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּ֨חַן — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 143 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:17Genesis 33:18Exodus 13:20Exodus 14:2Exodus 14:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָנָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.