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title: הָהּ — alas! · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָהּ (1929), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: alas!. BDB 1906: interj. alas!. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָהּ

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«הָהּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **alas!** — 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:** 1929 · **BDB:** הָהּ

### Glosses

alas! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

alas! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1929/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. alas! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1929/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. expressing woe, alas! Ez 30:2 howl ye הָהּ לַיּוֹם alas for the day! AV Woe worth the day! (cf. אֲהָהּ לַיּוֹם Joel 1:15.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1929/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 30:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.30.2/)

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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה הֵילִ֖ילוּ הָ֥הּ לַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind prophesy and you.will.say thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh wail alas! for the day

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Wail ye: Woe worth the day!

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