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ḥāvāʾ חָבָא ‘to hide’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ḥāvav חָבַב ‘to love’

ḥāvāʾ v
1) to withdraw, hide
 1a) (Niphal) to hide oneself
 1b) (Pual) to be forced into hiding
 1c) (Hiphil) to hide
 1d) (Hophal) to be hidden
 1e) (Hithpael)
  1e1) to hide oneself, draw back
  1e2) to draw together, thicken, harden

Mentioned in Genesis 3:8, 3:10, 31:27 Joshua 6:25, 10:27, 10:16, 10:17, 6:17 Judges 9:5 1 Samuel 19:2, 14:22, 10:22, 13:6, 14:11, 23:23 2 Samuel 17:9 1 Kings 18:13, 18:4 2 Kings 6:29, 11:3 Isaiah 42:22, 49:2 Amos 9:3 Job 24:4, 38:30, 5:21, 29:10, 29:8 Daniel 10:7 1 Chronicles 21:20 2 Chronicles 22:9, 22:12, 18:24

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