הנה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhen.nɔ/

Pronoun

הֵנָּה • (héna) f pl

1. (rare, archaic) Alternative form of הֵן (hen): them; a feminine plural standalone (subject) pronoun.

See also

• Appendix:Hebrew pronouns

Further reading

• H2007 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic هنا (hunā)

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhen.nɔ/

Adverb

הֵנָּה • (héna)

1. Hither, (to) here, over (to) here.

Synonyms

• (hither): לְכָאן (l'khán, “to here”), לְפֹה (l'fó, “to here”)

Derived terms

• בּוֹא הֵנָּה (bó héna)

Etymology 3

Cognate to Arabic إِنَّ (ʔinna, “indeed”).

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hin.ˈne/

Particle

הִנֵּה • (hiné)

1. Here is, here’s.
2. Lo, behold.
   • Tanach, Genesis 48:1, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לְיוֹסֵף הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חֹלֶה וַיִּקַּח אֶת שְׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֹ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָיִם׃

     Vay'hí akharéi had'varím ha'éle vayómer l'yoséf hiné avíkha kholé vayikákh et sh'néi vanáv imó et-m'nashé v'et-efráyim.

     And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

3. (proscribed) used as a copula.

Usage notes

• Different sources disagree on the part of speech of this word; "preposition" is fairly typical, but does not adequately explain all modern uses.

Inflection

Inflection table

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				הִנֵּה (hiné)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	הִנְנִי (hin'ní), (pausal) הִנֵּנִי (hinéni)		הִנְנוּ (hin'nú), הִנֶּנּוּ (hinénu), (pausal) הִנֵּנוּ (hinénu)
Second person	הִנְּךָ (hin'khá)	הִנָּךְ (hinákh)	הִנְּכֶם (hin'khém)	הִנְּכֶן (hin'khén)
Third person	הִנּוֹ (hinó), הִנֵּהוּ (hinehu)	הִנָּהּ (hináh), הִנֶּהָ (hinéha), הִנֵּהִי (hinéhi)	הִנָּם (hinám)	הִנָּן (hinán)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hin.ˈnɔ/

Verb

הִנָּה • (hiná) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of הינה.

References

• “הנה” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, pages 276–7.