הָלְאָה
hâlᵉʼâh · H1973 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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beyond, onwards, further
A reference to an area on the far side of the place in focus
ExamplesGenesis 35:21 Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
Numbers 16:37 “Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall pick up the censers from the midst of the burned area, because they are holy; and you are to scatter the burning coals farther away.
Numbers 32:19 “But we will not have an inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan toward the east.”
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A referent pointing to a point of time after the time in focus (onward (in time))
ExamplesLeviticus 22:27 “When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it will be considered acceptable as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.
Numbers 15:23 that is, all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day that the LORD gave commandments and onward, throughout your generations,
1 Samuel 18:9 And Saul eyed David with suspicion from that day on.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֵץarrow 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 3
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 1 word
- הֵנָּה hênnâh · H2008 · they, here
- Both function as directional or temporal deictic adverbs—הָלְאָה (hâlᵉʼâh, H1973) "beyond, forth," also temporally "thus far," and הֵנָּה (hênnâh, H2008) "hither, thither"—overlapping in expressing spatial or positional direction.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐπέκεινα epékeina · G1900 · beyond, farther away
- Greek ἐπέκεινα renders Hebrew הָלְאָה in contexts denoting spatial extension "beyond" a boundary or reference point, both expressing the directional sense of "further" or "on the other side of."
- ἐκεῖ ekeî · G1563 · there, at that place
- Greek ἐκεῖ denotes static location ('there') or goal of motion ('thither'), rendering Hebrew הָלְאָה's directional senses ('beyond, yonder, thence') where context permits locative construal rather than pure motion-away emphasis.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Spatial Referents003002005
- הָלְאָה most commonly functions as a spatial adverb meaning "beyond" or "onward," marking a point further along in space, as Lot's tent is pitched beyond a landmark tower.
- Temporal Referents003002006
- הָלְאָה also functions temporally, meaning "from now on" or "henceforth," marking a point onward in time, as in the instruction that an offering is acceptable from the eighth day onward.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1973. haleah הַל Deu 32:6 תִּגְמְלוּזֹֿאת יְהוָֺה הַל (so v. d. H and other editions)…
הַל Deu 32:6 תִּגְמְלוּזֹֿאת יְהוָֺה הַל (so v. d. H and other editions) The reading here became early a subject of dispute, and MSS. and editions vary accordingly. Some follow the school of Nehardea, and read יְהוָֺה הַל; others (so Norzi) follow the school of Sora, and read לְיהוָֺה הַ; others (so Hahn) have הַלְיהוָֺה. Were הַל original, it would be an interrogative particle = Arabic , for which elsewhere הֲ is always found. The other punctuations would also each be highly irregular. The true reading is undoubtedly הֲלַיהוָֺה (הַלְיַהְוֶה). compare De RossiVar. Lect. on the passage; and on the possible origin of the anomaly, GeiJüd. Ztschr. 1864-65, p. 89 f.
הַל Deu 32:6 see below הֲ above
הָלָא see below following
הָֽ֫לְאָה (i.e. h¹-l¢°¹h, the final -¹h, the ה locale, being toneless),
adverb out there, onwards, further (הָלָא ᵑ7, always with לְ or מֵ prefixed; Syriac , , PS1009 id.; Arabic forward! on! FlKl. Schr. i. 355) —
a. of place Gen 19:9 גֶּשׁהָֽֿלְאָה approach out there! i.e. make way, get back (ᵐ5 ἁπόστα ἑκεῖ: ᵑ9 recede illuc), Num 17:2 and the fire זְרֵההָֽֿלְאָה scatter yonder; לְ מֵהָֽלְאָה beyond (literally off the yonder side of; see מִן 4c) Gen 35:21; Jer 22:19; Amo 5:27 beyond Damascus: וָהָֽלְאָה attached to an indication of place, to mark direction, 1Sa 10:3 and thou shalt pass on וָהָֽלְאָה מִשָּׁם thence and onwards; 1Sa 20:22 וָהָֽלְאָה מִמְּךָ from thee and onwards i.e. beyond thee (opposed to וָהֵ֫נָּה מִמְּךָ 1Sa 20:21), 1Sa 20:37; Num 32:19 on the side of Jordan forwards (opposed to 'on the side of Jordan eastwards').
b. of time, Lev 22:27 from the 8th day וָהָֽלְאָה and onwards, Num 15:23; 1Sa 18:9 והלאה ההוא מהיום from that day and onwards, Eze 39:22; Eze 43:27; Isa 18:2, Isa 18:7. Hence
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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