הן
See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"
Hebrew edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hin/
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Particle edit
הֵן • (hen)
- Lo! also (as expressing surprise) if: - behold, if, lo, though.
- Tanach, Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
- ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ. - For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
- (formal) yes, yea, aye
Usage notes edit
- Due to being the affirmative, it is used as a copula, inflected identically to (and confused with) הִנֵּה (hiné). Although this is in parallel to usage of the negative אֵין (ēn), this is discouraged by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.
Antonyms edit
- לַאו (lav)
Derived terms edit
Pronoun edit
הֵן • (hen) f pl
- They (feminine).
See also edit
Hebrew personal pronouns
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1] |
אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2] | ||
| 2nd person | m | אַתָּה (atá) | אַתֶּם (atém) | |
| f | אַתְּ (at) | אַתֶּן (atén) | ||
| 3rd person | m | הוּא (hu) | הֵם (hem)[PP 3] | |
| f | הִיא (hi) | הֵן (hen)[PP 3] | ||
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