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מַחֲנַיִם proper name [of a location] (two camps) — east of Jordan; name from Jacob's meeting angels according to Gen 32:3 ( J ), place on border of Gad Josh 13:26, of Manasseh Josh 13:30 ( P ); Levitical city in Gad Josh 21:36 ( P ) = 1Chr 6:65 named also 2Sam 2:8 (מַחֲנָ֑יִם), 2Sam 2:12 2Sam 2:29 (נָ֑יִם-), 2Sam 19:33; 1Kgs 2:8 (נָ֑ים-); מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה 2Sam 17:24; 2Sam 17:27; 1Kgs 4:14 site unknown, see DiGn; כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָ֑יִם Song 7:1 is put here by Ew Hi Öttli and others: as at a (the) dance of Mahanaim; dance of a double choir Gi Stickel RV .