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title: הֵנָּה — hither · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֵנָּה (2008), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 47 times: hither. BDB 1906: adv. hither hither. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֵנָּה

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«הֵנָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hither** — 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:** 47 times · **Key:** 2008 · **BDB:** הֵ֫נָּה

### Glosses

hither (19); here (18); now (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2008/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. hither hither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2008/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. hither (perhaps from II. הֵן, used δεικτικῶς, with ה-loc., proposes lo hitherwards! or perhaps akin to هُنَا, هَنَّا, هِنَّا here)— of place: (α) hither Gn 15:16 יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּה, 42:15; 45:5 that you have sold me הֵנָּה hither, v 8, 13 Jos 2:2; 3:9; 18:6 2 S 1:10 Is 57:3 וְאַתֶּם קִרְבוּ הֵנָּה, Je 31:8; 50:5 +; 1 S 20:21 מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּה from thee and hitherwards, i.e. on this side of thee (opp. מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְאָה): repeated 2 K 4:35 אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה once hither and once thither = once to and fro; הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה hither and thither i.e. in different (or opposite) directions, †Jos 8:20 2 K 2:8, 14 1 K 20:40 strangely וַיְהִי עַבְדְּךָ עֹשֵׂה הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה lit. and thy servant was a doer of hitherwards and thitherwards, i.e. was engaged in different directions (Ew§ 360, c treats ה׳ here as the pron. 3 pl. fem. construed irregularly, cf. עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה: but read prob. with 𝔊 𝔗 𝔖 𝔙 Th Klo פֹּנֶה was turning or looking (Ex 2:12) for עֹשֵׂה); עַד־הֵנָּה even hither, Nu 14:19 1 S 7:12 2 S 20:16 קְרַב עַד־הֵנָּה, 2 K 8:7, to this point (in a book) Je 48:47; 51:64 (note of compiler or scribe). (β) here (cf. שָׁמָּה = there) Gn 21:23 swear to me הֵנָּה here, Dn 12:5 הֵנָּה לְ׳ … הֵנָּה לְ׳ on this side of … on that side of … of time, in עַד הֵנָּה hitherto Gn 15:16 (with a neg., = not yet) 44:28 Ju 16:13 ψ 71:17 \& until now do I keep declaring thy wonders, 1 Ch 9:18; 12:30 until now (the point reached in the narrative). In late Heb., contracted to עֲדֶ֫נָה hitherto, still †Ec 4:2, עֲדֶן †Ec 4:3 אֲשֶׁר עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה = who has not yet been (cf. Mish. עֲדַיִן hitherto, still, עֲדַיִן לֹא = not yet).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 29 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֵנָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2008/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.15/)

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אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֤ה ד֭וֹר בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* if I.had.said I.will.speak like here! the.generation your.children your I.dealt.treacherously.with

*JPS 1917:* If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

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[Proverbs 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.4/)

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מִי־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה חֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב אָ֣מְרָה לּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* who? \[is\].naive let.him.turn.aside here \[one\].lacking of.heart she.says to him

*JPS 1917:* 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

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