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title: הֶאָח — Aha! · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֶאָח (1889), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Aha!. BDB 1906: interj. Aha!. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֶאָח

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«הֶאָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aha!** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 1889 · **BDB:** הֶאָח

### Glosses

aha! (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aha! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1889/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. Aha! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1889/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. (onomatop.) expressing joy, Aha! always introduced by אָמַר, Is 44:16 he says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. Of satisfaction over the misfortune of an enemy or rival, ψ 35:21, 25 let them not say in their heart הֶאָח נַפְשֵׁנוּ Aha, so would we have it! (lit. our desire!) 40:16 (= 70:4), Ez 25:3; 26:2; 36:2. Metaph., of the neighing of a war horse in the battle, Jb 39:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֶאָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1889/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 70:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.70.4/)

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יָ֭שׁוּבוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָ֝אֹמְרִ֗ים הֶ֘אָ֥ח ׀ הֶאָֽח׃

*Word for word:* may.they.turn.back on the.consequence their.shame their \[those who\].say aha! aha!

*JPS 1917:* Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; and let such as love Thy salvation say continually: 'Let God be magnified.'

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[Psalms 40:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.40.16/)

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יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לִ֝י֗ הֶ֘אָ֥ח ׀ הֶאָֽח׃

*Word for word:* may.they.be.appalled on the.consequence their.shame their \[those who\].say to me aha! aha!

*JPS 1917:* Let them be appalled by reason of their shame that say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'

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