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הן

הן

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

Hebrew

Particle

הֵן (hen)

  1. Lo! also (as expressing surprise) if: - behold, if, lo, though.
    • Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
      ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
      kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.
      For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
  2. (formal) yes, yea, aye

Antonyms

  • לַאו (lav)

Derived terms

  • בהן צדק
  • מכלל הן אתה שומע לאו

Usage notes

  • Due to being the affirmative, it is used as a copula, inflected identically to (and confused with) הִנֵּה (hiné). Although this is in parralel to usage of the negative אֵין (ēn), this is discouraged by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

Pronoun

הֵן (hen) f pl

  1. They (feminine).

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