Etymology?:
from ḥānā חָנָה ‘to camp’
Roots:
חנה
maḥăneh n, m
1) encampment, camp
1a) camp, place of encampment
1b) camp of armed host, army camp
1c) those who encamp, company, body of people
Mentioned in Genesis 33:8, 32:9, 32:3, 32:11, 32:8, 50:9, 32:22 Exodus 33:7, 33:11, 14:20, 32:27, 14:19, 36:6, 14:24, 32:17, 32:19, 32:26, 19:17, 29:14, 19:16, 16:13 Codex Leviticus 24:23, 14:8, 10:4, 17:3, 16:26, 16:28, 6:4, 24:10, 4:12, 4:21, 10:5, 14:3, 16:27, 24:14, 8:17, 9:11, 13:46 Numbers 2:32, 12:14, 15:35, 15:36, 2:17, 4:15, 11:26, 4:5, 11:1, 2:16, 2:25, 10:25, 19:7, 31:24, 2:31, 1:52, 19:9, 5:3, 5:4, 11:30, 14:44, 19:3, 31:12, 31:13, 11:27, 2:10, 10:18, 2:18, 10:22, 2:9, 2:24, 13:19, 11:31, 11:32, 12:15, 5:2, 10:2, 31:19, 2:3, 10:14, 10:5, 10:6, 11:9, 10:34 Deuteronomy 23:15, 23:10, 2:14, 23:11, 23:12, 29:10, 2:15, 23:13 Joshua 6:23, 6:11, 6:14, 9:6, 10:6, 10:21, 10:15, 10:43, 18:9, 1:11, 10:5, 5:8, 8:13, 11:4, 6:18, 3:2 Judges 7:22, 7:8, 7:13, 8:11, 4:16, 21:8, 7:11, 8:12, 7:14, 7:19, 7:21, 8:10, 21:12, 7:9, 7:10, 7:15, 7:17, 7:18, 7:1, 4:15 1 Samuel 26:6, 4:7, 17:17, 13:17, 17:53, 4:3, 17:4, 28:1, 29:6, 4:5, 4:6, 14:19, 14:15, 17:46, 17:1, 29:1, 11:11, 14:21, 28:5, 28:19 2 Samuel 23:16, 1:2, 5:24, 1:3 1 Kings 22:34, 22:36, 16:16 2 Kings 7:10, 3:9, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 6:24, 7:14, 5:15, 7:5, 3:24, 7:4, 7:12, 19:35, 7:16 Isaiah 37:36 Ezekiel 1:24, 4:2 Joel 2:11 Amos 4:10 Zechariah 14:15 Psalms 106:16, 27:3, 78:28 Song of Songs 7:1 1 Chronicles 9:19, 11:18, 14:15, 11:15, 12:23, 14:16, 9:18 2 Chronicles 22:1, 14:12, 18:33, 31:2, 32:21