חני, [to be covered, surrounded,] to encamp, rest. Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to ויחנך, Num. VI, 25) יַחֲנֶה ד׳ אצלך the Lord have His tent with thee. Lam. R. introd. (R. Naḥm.) (ref. to Is. XXIX, 1) שח׳ בה וכ׳ where David (lawfully) resided, v. חַנְיָיא. Ib. (R. Alex. 1) נוסעים … וחוֹנִים וכ׳ they moved in discord and encamped in discord; Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 1; Lev. R. s. 9; a. fr.—Apocop. form: חָן (as if from חון). Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 47 (play on ב̇ח̇נ̇מ̇ל ib.) ב̇א ח̇ן̇ מ̇ל̇ he (the locust) came, encamped, cut; (Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 בא נ"ח מ"ל; Ex. R. s. 12 interpol. from Midr. Till. l. c.: נח).