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Genesis 14:14

וַ יִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָם כִּי נִשְׁבָּה אָחִיו וַ יָּרֶק אֶת חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתֹו שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאֹות וַ יִּרְדֹּף עַד דָּן

And Raised-Father is hearing that his brother has been taken captive, and he is pouring out אֶת-his trained-ones,543 born-ones544 of his house, eight ten and three hundred, and is pursuing until Judge.


543

Strong’s #2593, חָנִיךְ chanik. Practiced, dedicated, trained. From the root chanak (#2596) whence come the name Narrow, the heroes who save the hot-one. The verb drawn out is used of a swords (#7324).