BDB2492
[חָבָה] verb withdraw, hide, compare חבא; —
Qal
Imperative masculine singular חֲבִי
Isa 26:20
(Aramaic form, Ol§ 235, 3
Ew§ 224.c
Du; Di reads חֲבֵּי
= חֲבֵה), withdraw into privacy (|| בּאֹ בַחֲדָרֶיךָ).
Niph`al
Perfect
וְנֶחְבָּה consecutive Jer 49:10
לְנַחְבֵּתֶם consecutive Josh 2:16 (
J
E
); Infinitive
לְהֵחָבֵה (as א
׳
׳
ל) 1Kgs 22:25; 2Kgs 7:12
withdraw, hide oneself, literal
Josh 216 (
J
E
), followed by שָׁמָּה; 2Kgs 7:12 with בְּ local; 1Kgs 22:25 of Esau = Edom,
hiding from judgment of ׳
י, וְנֶחְבָּה לֹא יוּכָּ֑ל
Jer 49:10,
as pointed, meant no doubt as perfect, but construction then hard; read rather infinitive absolute
נַחְבֹּה; so Gf
Gie and others (see Köi. 624
).