1. Mahanaim (place name) — The proper noun Mahanaim, a town in Gilead east of the Jordan, associated with Jacob's encounter with angels (Gen 32:2) and later a Levitical city and royal refuge. All four clusters represent the same toponym with different prepositional constructions: to/at Mahanaim (eng: to-Mahanaim, spa: Majanayim, arb: مَحَنَايِمَ, kor: 마하나임으로, swa: Mahanaimu), from Mahanaim (eng: from-Mahanaim, arb: مِنْ–مَحَنَايِمَ), and in Mahanaim (eng: in-Mahanaim, hin: महनैम–में). The Arabic consistently renders مَحَنَايِمَ, Korean 마하나임, and Swahili Mahanaimu across all clusters, confirming a single referent with purely grammatical variation in prepositional framing. 13×
AR["فِي-مَحَنَايِمَ","مَحَنايِم","مَحَنايِمَ","مَحَنَايِمَ","مَحْنَايِمَ","مِنْ-مَحَنايِمَ","مِنْ-مَحَنَايِمَ","وَ-مِنْ-مَحَنايِمَ"]·ben["এবং-মহনয়িম-থেকে","থেকে-মহনয়িম","মহনয়িম","মহনয়িম-থেকে","মহনয়িমে","মহনায়িমে"]·DE["Machanajim","Machanayim","Mahanaim","[מחנים]","in-Machanayim","in-Mahanaim","und-von-Machanayim","von-Machanayim","von-Mahanaim","zu-Mahanaim"]·EN["Machanayim","Mahanaim","and-from-Machanayim","from-Machanayim","from-Mahanaim","in-Machanayim","in-Mahanaim","to-Mahanaim"]·FR["Machanayim","Mahanaim","[מחנים]","dans-Machanayim","dans-Mahanaim","de-Machanayim","de-Mahanaim","et-de-Machanayim","à-Mahanaim"]·heb["ב-מחניים","ו-מ-מחנים","מ-מחניים","מ-מחנים","מחניים","מחניים-ה","מחניימה","מחנים"]·HI["और-महनैम-से","मखनैम-में","महनैम","महनैम-में","महनैम-से"]·ID["Isyboset","Mahanaim","dan-dari-Mahanaim","dari-Mahanaim","di-Mahanaim","ke-Gibeon","ke-Mahanaim"]·IT["Machanayim","Mahanaim","[מחנים]","a-Mahanaim","da-Machanayim","da-Mahanaim","e-da-Machanayim","in-Machanayim","in-Mahanaim"]·jav["Mahanaim","dhateng-Mahanaim","lan-saking-Mahanaim","saking-Mahanaim","wonten-Mahanaim"]·KO["그리고-에서-마하나임에서","마하나임","마하나임에","마하나임에서","마하나임으로","마하나임을","마하나임이라","에서-마하나임","에서-마하나임에서"]·PT["Machanayim","Mahanaim","de-Machanayim","desde-Mahanayim","e-desde-Mahanayim","em-Machanayim","em-Mahanaim","para-Mahanaim"]·RU["Маханаим","в-Маханаим","в-Маханаиме","и-от-Маханаима","из-Маханаима","от-Маханаима"]·ES["Mahanaim","Majanaim","Majanayim","de-Majanayim","desde-Majanaim","en-Majanaim","en-Majanayim","y-desde-Majanaim"]·SW["Mahanaimu","huko-Mahanaimu","kutoka-Mahanaimu","na-kutoka-Mahanaimu"]·TR["Mahanayim","Mahanayim'de","Mahanayim'den","Mahanayim'e","Mahanayim'i","Mahanayimden","ve-Mahanayimden"]·urd["اور-محنیم-سے","محنائم","محنایم","محنایم-میں","محنیم","محنیم-سے"]
Gen 32:2, Josh 13:26, Josh 13:30, Josh 21:38, 2 Sam 2:8, 2 Sam 2:12, 2 Sam 2:29, 2 Sam 17:24, 2 Sam 17:27, 2 Sam 19:32, 1 Kgs 2:8, 1 Kgs 4:14 (+1 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַחֲנַיִם 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; כִּמְ��ֹלַת 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.