cha.va denotes keeping oneself or another out of sight, whether by fleeing into concealment or placing someone there.

The occurrences consistently concern concealment from view: people hide themselves in fear, flight, or secrecy, while others conceal people in caves, houses, or protected places. Related clauses also describe persons or things as hidden, without requiring a separate lexical sense.

1. Concealment from view · dominant

   In Genesis 3:8, a Hithpael sequential imperfect occurs when the man and his wife withdraw among the garden trees; the APB renders the clause “they hid from the LORD God.” The same concealment is shown when the five kings are found in a cave in Joshua 10:17, when Obadiah places prophets in a cave in 1 Kings 18:4, and when Rahab conceals the messengers in Joshua 6:17. Passive and participial forms likewise describe someone or something as hidden, as in Isaiah 42:22 and Job 29:10.

   Genesis 3:8Joshua 10:171 Kings 18:4Joshua 6:17Isaiah 42:22Job 29:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “hid,” “hiding,” “hide themselves,” and “hidden” across these clauses. These renderings show the verse-level presentation of concealment rather than a fixed English equivalent for every form.