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Numbers 3:38
“But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.” (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
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- חֹנִ֣ים — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, plural, absolute
- 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.