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H4266 מַחֲנַיִם (Machănayim) makh-an-ah'-yim
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

dual of 4264; double camp; Machanajim, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Mahanaim

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַחֲנַיִם (ma.cha.na.yim) — Mahanaim.

§ Mahanaim = "two camps" a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob's encounter with angels

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name · חנה

Names of Locations

Mahanaim = town; ◄ territory of Gad; ► assigned to clan of Merari, tribe of Levi; capital of kingdom of Isboseth son of Saul

GEN 32:3 · JOS 13:26 · JOS 13:30 · JOS 21:38 · 2SA 2:8 · 2SA 2:12 · 2SA 2:29 · 2SA 17:24 · 2SA 17:27 · 2SA 19:33 · 1KI 2:8 · 1KI 4:14 · 1CH 6:65 · SNG 7:1

1 SNG 7:1 NIV NJPS | LXX "χοροὶ τῶν παρεμβολῶν" NJB REB "(two) lines of dancers" GNT "rows of onlookers" | RSV NRSV ESV "two armies" = מַחֲנֶה

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַחֲנַיִם n.pr.loc. (two camps) E. of Jordan; name from Jacob's meeting angels base

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