הן
See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hin/
Audio: (file)
Particle
editהֵן • (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
- as well as
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
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Proto-Semitic *šin. Cognate with Arabic هُنَّ (hunna). The central sense is “they”; other senses are by extension.
Pronunciation
edit- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hin/
- (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA(key): /in.na/[nt. 1], [ˈʔin.næˑ]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈheːn/, [ˈheː.en]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhen/, [ˈheːn]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /hen/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hen/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hen/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hejn/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(h)en/
Audio (Modern Israeli Hebrew): (file) - Rhymes: -em
Pronoun
editהֵן • (hen) f pl
- They (feminine).
See also
editsingular | 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] |
- ^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
- ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.
References
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- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew particles
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- Hebrew formal terms
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Rhymes:Hebrew/em
- Rhymes:Hebrew/em/1 syllable
- Hebrew pronouns
- Hebrew personal pronouns