cha.vach denotes thickets used as hiding places by men under pressure.

The attested plural noun denotes thickets as places where men hid when they were hard pressed in 1 Samuel 13:6.

1. Thickets used for concealment · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 13:6, the plural absolute noun occurs in the list of places where the men of Israel hid while under pressure; the APB renders the list with “caves, thickets, rocks, strongholds, and pits.”

   1 Samuel 13:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 13:6, the APB includes “thickets” among the places where the men of Israel hid. It confirms the verse setting rather than isolating the term beyond the list.