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# מַחֲנַיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4266

**Mahanaim** — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Mahanaim [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4266/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲנַיִם: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4266/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (two camps)—E. of Jordan; name from Jacob’s meeting angels according to Gn 32:3 (J), place on border of Gad Jos 13:26, of Manasseh v 30 (P); Levit. city in Gad 21:36 (P) = 1 Ch 6:65; named also 2 S 2:8 (מַהֲנָ֑יִם), v 12, 29 (-נָ֑יִם), 19:33; 1 K 2:8 (-נָ֑ים); מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה 2 S 17:24, 27 1 K 4:14; site unknown, v. Di Gn; כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָ֑יִם Ct 7:1 is put here Ex Hi Öt al.: as at a (the) dance of Mahanaim; dance of a double choir Gi Stickel RV.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Mahanaim (10); to (2); (to) (1).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 4:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.14/#tree)

אֲחִֽינָדָ֥ב בֶּן־עִדֹּ֖א מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃

*Word for word:* Ahinadab the.son of.Iddo (to) Mahanaim

*JPS 1917:* Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

[Joshua 13:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.26/#tree)

וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן עַד־רָמַ֥ת הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה וּבְטֹנִ֑ים וּמִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם עַד־גְּב֥וּל לִדְבִֽר׃

*Word for word:* and from Heshbon to Ramath (the) Mizpah and Betonim and from Mahanaim to the.territory of.Lo.Debar

*JPS 1917:* and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Lidbir;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4266.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4266/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).