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title: ה — interrogative particle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: ה (lemma:ה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1516 times: interrogative particle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# ה

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«ה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **interrogative particle** — 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:** 1516 times · **Key:** lemma:ה · **BDB:** ה

### Glosses

(464); (to) (141); to.\[the\] (84)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interrogative particle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Hē, fifth letter; = numeral 5 in postB. Heb.; no evidence of this usage in OT times.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «ה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/lemma_3a_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.14/)

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אֲחִֽינָדָ֥ב בֶּן־עִדֹּ֖א מַחֲנָֽיְמָה׃

*Word for word:* Ahinadab the.son of.Iddo (to) Mahanaim

*JPS 1917:* Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

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[Isaiah 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.6/)

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עִבְר֖וּ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה הֵילִ֖ילוּ יֹ֥שְׁבֵי אִֽי׃

*Word for word:* pass.over to Tarshish wail O.inhabitants of.\[the\].coastland

*JPS 1917:* Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.

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