הֵא
hêʼ · H1888 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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see, behold
A marker that points to an object or event in focus
ExamplesDaniel 2:43 “In that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in their descendants; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not combine with pottery.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- הִנֵּה hinnêh · H2009 · behold, look
- הִנֵּה is the most common Hebrew demonstrative particle meaning 'behold' or 'lo,' serving the same attention-directing function as הֵא but occurring far more frequently.
- הֵן hên · H2005 · behold, if
- הֵן is another demonstrative particle meaning 'behold' or 'lo,' functionally equivalent to הֵא in calling attention to something, though also used conditionally.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἰδού idoú · G2400 · behold, look
- ἰδού is the standard Greek interjection for 'behold' or 'lo,' used to call attention to something, matching the demonstrative/attention-getting function of הֵא in its rare biblical occurrences.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1888. ha הָא demonstrative particle lo! behold! (Biblical Hebrew הֵא (twice); Egyptian…
הָא demonstrative particle lo! behold! (Biblical Hebrew הֵא (twice); Egyptian Aramaic and Têma הא (Cooke193, 198); הָא ᵑ7; Syriac ; Mandean הא (NöM 81); Arabic in Aramaic also often prefixed to pronoun 3 person for greater definiteness, as הָהוּא ᵑ7, (for h¹-h¥), see NöM 89 f. WCG 106 f.), Dan 3:25.
הֵא demonstrative particle, prefixed idiomatically to כְּ for greater definiteness, literally behold like (Biblical Hebrew הֵא, see הָא above), only in דִי הֵאכְּֿ Dan 2:43 מִתְעָרַב לָא פַרְזְלָא דִי הֵאכְּֿ like as iron doth not mingle with clay (compare
a. ᵑ7Onk כְמַיָּא הָא Gen 49:4, so ᵑ7Jon כ ׳הא Isa 5:28; Isa 9:4 + often; ᵑ7Jer כ ׳הֵי Gen 26:4, Gen 26:18, Gen 26:22 + often; הֵיח Psa 2:9; Psa 5:10; Psalm 5:13 +, also pleonastic כְּ ׳הֵיח Psa 22:14; Psa 22:15; Psa 22:17 +?
b. Palmyrene הֵיח as (Lzb259), as בנמוסא היך as (is) in the law (Cooke321; so ᵑ7Jer Psa 2:9, etc.), דִּי הֵיח conjecture (like Daniel דִי כְּ הֵא: = Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר), as גבא די היך like as he levied, CookeTariff ii. b 12. 18, c 14. 17. 21. 26 [ᵑ7Onk Jon for כַּאֲשֶׁר have ᵑ7 דְ, ׳כְּמָאJer ᵑ6 דְ, ׳הֵיכְמָא. ]. It is dubious whether דִי כְּ הֵא belongs to a (notice especially ᵑ7Jon) or b: SchulthZAW 1902, 164 f. to
b. reading דִּי הֵאח (but א rare and late: D (2) § 45. 1); NesOLtz. 1892, 488 from הֵיח (see Biblical Hebrew) how ?).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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