מַחֲנֶה214 noun masculine[Gen 33:8] + 16 t. and feminine[Ps 27:3]; [1Chr 11:15] (on [Gen 32:9] a see Di) encampment, camp — absolute ׳מ [Gen 32:9] (twice in verse) + 126 t. (including [Ezek 1:24], strike out Co); construct מַחֲנֵה [Gen 32:3] + 56 t.; suffix מַחֲנֵהוּ [Num 1:52] + 5 t.; מַחֲנֶיךָ [Deut 23:15]; [Deut 29:10], מַחֲנֶךָ [Deut 23:15], מַחֲנֵיכֶם [Amos 4:10], מַהֲנֵיהֶם [Num 5:3]; [Judg 8:10] (compare below, and on form of noun with suffix see Ges«GKC:93»§ 93. 3, R 3); plural absolute מִחֲנות [Gen 32:8] + 9 t.; construct [1Chr 9:18] + 2 t., מַחֲנִים [Num 13:19] suffix (apparetnly plural noun) מַחֲנֵיהֶם [Josh 10:4] + 5 t.; — on dual see ׳מ proper name below
1. camp, place of encampment:
\ \ a. of caravan of travelers [Gen 32:22] (J), especially of Israel at Exodus and in wilderness [Exod 16:13] (twice in verse); [Exod 19:16]; [Exod 19:17] (all P; distinguished from עַם); ׳שַׁעַר מ [Exod 32:26] (JE); especially ׳מִחוּץ המ in connection with uncleanness, etc., [Exod 29:14]; [Lev 4:12] (P) + often, of position of tent of meeting [Exod 33:7] (twice in verse) (JE), contr. [Num 2:17] (P), where of encampments of several tribes, compare [Num 1:52]; [Num 2:3]; [Num 10:2]; [Num 10:5]; [Num 10:6]; [Num 10:25] etc., (all P), already passing over to 3 (compare הַחֹנִים [Num 10:5]; [Num 10:6]); specifically of camp of Levites, surrounding tabernacle, so that P can say אֹהֶלמֿוֺעֵד מַחֲנֵה הַלְוִיִם [Num 2:17] and so (late) of temple הַשֹּׁעֲרִים לְמַחֲנוֺת בְּנֵי לֵוִי [1Chr 9:18], as well as ׳שַׁעֲרֵי מַחֲנוֺת י [2Chr 31:2] plural (opposed to מִבְצָרִים = fortresses) [Num 13:19].
2. camp of armed host [Josh 6:11] (twice in verse); [Josh 6:14] (JE), [1Sam 4:3]; [1Sam 4:5]; [1Sam 4:6] (twice in verse); [1Sam 4:7]; [1Sam 17:53]; [2Kgs 7:16] etc.
3. a. those who encamp [Num 10:5]; [Num 10:6]; [1Chr 11:15]; [Ps 27:3] (all with verb חנה) compare (probably) [Isa 37:36] = [2Kgs 19:35], etc.
\ \ b. company, body of people; people and beasts Gen 32:8; [Gen 32:9] (twice in verse); [Gen 32:11]; [Gen 33:8], funeral company of Jacob [Gen 50:9] of Israel on march [Exod 14:19]; [Exod 14:20] compare [Num 10:5]; [Num 10:6].
\ \ c. army, host [Josh 8:13]; [Josh 10:5]; [Josh 11:4]; [Judg 4:15]; [Judg 4:16] (twice in verse); [Judg 7:1]; [Judg 7:8]; [Judg 8:10] (twice in verse); [Judg 8:11] (twice in verse); [Judg 8:12]; [1Sam 17:1]; [1Sam 17:46]; [2Kgs 3:9] even while in the thick of the fight; [1Kgs 22:34] = [2Chr 18:33] etc.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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