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title: הּ — interrogative particle · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: הּ (lemma:הּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: interrogative particle. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הּ

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«הּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **interrogative particle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:הּ

### Glosses

it (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interrogative particle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5bc/#m1)

### Jastrow 1903

ה: He [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** He, the fifth letter of the Alphabet.—It interchanges dialectically with א as דָּה a. דָּא, הֵידֵיין a. אֵידֵין, הַגָּדָה a. אַגָּדָה \&c.; with ח as דְּהַךְ a. דְּחַךְ, גָּהָה a. גָּחָה \&c.; with ו as בְּהֵית a. בּוֹשׁ, רְהַט a. רוּץ \&c.—ה a formative prefix of verbal nouns, e.g. הֶסְפֵּד, הוֹלָכָה \&c.

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword without dagesh, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.7/)

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בָּאתַ֣ר דְּנָה֩ חָזֵ֨ה הֲוֵ֜ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֣י לֵֽילְיָ֗א וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָ֣ה רְֽבִיעָאָ֡ה דְּחִילָה֩ וְאֵֽימְתָנִ֨י וְתַקִּיפָ֜א יַתִּ֗ירָא וְשִׁנַּ֨יִן דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֥ל לַהּ֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן אָֽכְלָ֣ה וּמַדֱּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֣הּ רָפְסָ֑ה וְהִ֣יא מְשַׁנְּיָ֗ה מִן־כָּל־חֵֽיוָתָא֙ דִּ֣י קָֽדָמַ֔יהּ וְקַרְנַ֥יִן עֲשַׂ֖ר לַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* after this seeing I.was in the.visions of the.night and lo! a.beast fourth \[was\].terrible and terrible and strong exceedingly and teeth (diy).of iron \[were\].to it great \[it.was\].devouring and \[it.was\].shattering and the rest with foot its \[it.was\].trampling and it \[was\].different from all the beasts which \[were\].before it and horns ten \[were\].to it

*JPS 1917:* After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

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