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title: הֵא — lo · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֵא (1887), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: lo. BDB 1906: interj. lo, behold!. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֵא

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«הֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lo** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1887 · **BDB:** הֵא

### Glosses

here! (1); there! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lo [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1887/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. lo, behold! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1887/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. (Aramaic הָא, Dn 2:43 הֵא (q.v.), ܗܳܐ; Arabic هَا ) lo, behold! Gn 47:23 Ez 16:43.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1887/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 47:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.23/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם הֵן֩ קָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֥ם הַיּ֛וֹם וְאֶת־אַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם לְפַרְעֹ֑ה הֵֽא־לָכֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Joseph to the people here! I.have.bought you this day and (et) land your for Pharaoh here! for you \[is\].seed and you.will.sow (et) the land

*JPS 1917:* Then Joseph said unto the people: 'Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

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[Ezekiel 16:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.43/)

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יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־זָכַרְתְּ֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ וַתִּרְגְּזִי־לִ֖י בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְגַם־אֲנִ֨י הֵ֜א דַּרְכֵּ֣ךְ ׀ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ נָתַ֗תִּי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְלֹ֤א עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* because that not you.remembered (et) the.days your.youth(s) your and you.were.enraged to me in all these.\[things\] and also I there! conduct your on.\[the\] head I.will.requite the.utterance Lord of.\[the\] Yahweh and not did.you.do? (et) the licentiousness to all abominations your

*JPS 1917:* Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted Me in all these things; lo, therefore I also will bring thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord GOD; or hast thou not committed this lewdness above all thine abominations?

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