חָבַשׁ
cha.vash
“to saddle/tie”
Definition
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
a primitive root;
- to tie, bind, bind on, bind up, saddle, restrain, bandage, govern 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, bind on 1a2) to bind up 1b) (Piel) to bind, restrain 1c) (Pual) to be bound up
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Occurrences
חָבַשׁ appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.”Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
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Come, let us return to the LORD.For He has torn us to pieces,but He will heal us;He has wounded us,but He will bind up our wounds.
But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
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