חָבָא

vb. withdraw, hide (not in Qal); cf. also חבה (NH id.; Arabic خَبَأَ; Ethiopic ኀብአ Assyrian ḫabû DlPr 175; 𝔗 Ethpa. hide oneself)— Pf. 3 ms. נֶחְבָּא Ju 9:5 + 1 S 10:22 2 S 17:9 (both may be pt.); נַחְבֵּאתָ Gn 31:37; וְנַחְ׳ consec. 1 S 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּ־ Jos 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ Jb 29:8, 10; Impf. 2 ms. תֵּחָבֵא Jb 5:21; Inf. cstr. הֵחָבֵא 2 Ch 18:24 Dn 10:7; Pt. pl. (cf. also supr.) נֶחְבְּאִים Jos 10:17, etc.—hide oneself in fear Gn 3:10 (J), Jos 10:16, 17, 27 (all JE), Ju 9:5 1 S 19:2 2 S 17:9 Am 9:3 2 Ch 18:24 Dn 10:7; from modesty 1 S 10:22; cf. Jb 29:8; also לָ֫מָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ Gn 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? pass., be hidden Jb 29:10 קול נְגִידִים נֻחְבָ֑אוּ (‖ ולשׁונם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵ֑קָה, cf. also v. 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection בִּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן Jb 5:21. Pf. 3 pl. חֻבְּאוּ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di ad loc.) Jb 24:4. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי Is 49:2; 3 fs. הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֿה Jos 6:17, cf. Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 a Köi. 624 ff. etc.; Impf. וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם 1 K 18:4; 3 fs. וַתַּחְבִּא 2 K 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא 1 K 18:13;—hide, trans., c. acc. Jos 6:17, 25 1 K 18:4, 13 2 K 6:29; metaph., of divine protection Is 49:2 בְּצֵל יָדוֹ ה׳. Pf. be hidden הָחְבָּ֑אוּ Is 42:22 (בְּבָתֵּי כלאים), i.e. imprisoned. Pf. הִתְחַבְּאוּ 1 S 14:11; Impf. יִתְחַבֵּא 1 S 23:23; וַיִּתְ׳ Gn 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ Jb 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ 1 S 13:6; Pt. מִתְחַבֵּא 2 K 11:3 + 2 times; מִתְחַבְּאִים 1 S 14:22 1 Ch 21:20;— draw back, hide oneself, usually c. בְּ loc.; Gn 3:8 (J), 1 S 13:6; 14:11, 22; 23:23 2 K 11:3 1 Ch 21:20 2 Ch 22:9, 12. draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Jb 38:30 כאבן מים יִתְחַ׳.