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