הן

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

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HebrewEdit

ParticleEdit

הֵן • (hen)

1. Lo! also (as expressing surprise) if: - behold, if, lo, though.
   • 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.

2. (formal) yes, yea, aye

AntonymsEdit

• לַאו‏ (lav)

Derived termsEdit

• בהן צדק‏
• מכלל הן אתה שומע לאו‏

Usage notesEdit

• Due to being the affirmative, it is used as a copula, inflected identically to (and confused with) הִנֵּה‏ (hiné). Although this is in parralel to usage of the negative אֵין‏ (ēn), this is discouraged by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

PronounEdit

הֵן • (hen) f pl

1. They (feminine).

See alsoEdit

Hebrew personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		אֲנִי‏ (aní), אנוכי \ אָנֹכִי‏ (anokhí)	אֲנַחְנוּ‏ (anákhnu), אָנוּ‏ (ánu)
2nd person	m	אַתָּה‏ (atá)	אֲתֶּם‏ (atém)
	f	אַתְּ‏ (at)	אֲתֶּן‏ (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא‏ (hu)	הֵם‏ (hem)
	f	הִיא‏ (hi)	הֵן‏ (hen)

ReferencesEdit

• “H2005”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979