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title: הַ — the · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הַ (1975), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: the. BDB 1906: pron.comm. this. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הַ

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«הַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 1975 · **BDB:** הַלָּז

### Glosses

this (5); of.this (1); this.\[one\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1975/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pron.comm. this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1975/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** pron.comm. this, a rare synonym of זֶה or הַזֶּה, this (Arabic اَلَّذِى (also اَلَّذْ), pl. اَلَّذِينَ, who, which (cf. זֶה, which is used also sometimes as rel.), formed from اَلْ the def. art., and the pron. ذَا, זֶה, זוּ, with the insertion of the demonstr. element la, and thus in fact = הַזֶּה: WAG i. § 347, CG p. 177)—ususally with subst. defined by the art., Ju 6:20 הַסֶּלַע הַלָּז this rock, 1 S 14:1 מֵעֵבֶר הַלָּז off this side-across, 17:26 אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַלָּז, (+ 20:19 𝔊 Th We Dr τὸ ἐργαβ ἐκεῖνο, i.e. (or הַלָּאז) הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּז this mound (or cairn), for האבן האזל) 2 K 23:17; Zc 2:8; with a fem., 2 K 4:25 הַשּׁוּנַמִּית הַלָּז: without a subst. Dn 8:16 לְהַלָּז to this one (= normal לָזֶה). The fuller form is

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech differs, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1975/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.16/)

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וָאֶשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹל־אָדָ֖ם בֵּ֣ין אוּלָ֑י וַיִּקְרָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל הָבֵ֥ן לְהַלָּ֖ז אֶת־הַמַּרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I.heard \[the\].voice of.a.person between Ulai and he.called and he.said O.Gabriel explain to this.\[one\] (et) the vision

*JPS 1917:* And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, who called, and said: 'Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.'

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[Zechariah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.2.8/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔ורֻ֗ץ דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־הַנַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז לֵאמֹ֑ר פְּרָזוֹת֙ תֵּשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מֵרֹ֥ב אָדָ֛ם וּבְהֵמָ֖ה בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him run speak to the.young man this (cmp) unwalled.villages it.will.remain Jerusalem from.\[the\] multitude of.person\[s\] and livestock in the.midst of.it

*JPS 1917:* and said unto him: 'Run, speak to this young man, saying: 'Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein.

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