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Strong's #1888 - הָא
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- behold!, lo!
- even as, like as
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1093) ae (הא HA) AC: Look CO: ? AB: Behold: The pictograph e represents one who is looking at a great sight with his hands raised as when saying behold. A looking toward someone or something. This root is closely related to ee, fe, and ie. (eng: he)
A) ae (הא HA) AC: Look CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) ae (הא HA) - Behold: To draw attention to something important. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: xah] KJV (17): lo, behold, even - Strongs: H1887 (הֵא), H1888 (הָא), H1889 (הֶאָח)
J) afe (הוא HWA) AC: Look CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) afe (הוא HWA) - He: A looking toward another. [Hebrew and Aramaic; Also the feminine she, sometimes written as aie] [df: ayh] KJV (45): that, him, same, this, he, which, who, such, wherein, be, it, one - Strongs: H1931 (הִיא), H1932 (הוּא)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
הֵא demonstrative particle, prefixed idiomatically to כְּ for greater definiteness, literally behold like (Biblical Hebrew הֵא, see הָא above), only in הֵאכְּֿ דִי Daniel 2:43 הֵאכְּֿ דִיפַרְזְלָא לָא מִתְעָרַב like as iron doth not mingle with clay (compare
a. ᵑ7 Onk הָא כְמַיָּא Genesis 49:4, so ᵑ7 Jon ׳הא כ Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 9:4 + often; ᵑ7 Jer ׳הֵי כ Genesis 26:4,18,22 + often; הֵיח Psalm 2:9; Psalm 5:10; Psalm 5:13 +, also pleonastic ׳הֵיח כְּ Psalm 22:14; Psalm 22:15; Psalm 22:17 #NAME?
b. Palmyrene הֵיח as (Lzb259), as היך בנמוסא as (is) in the law (Cooke321; so ᵑ7 Jer Psalm 2:9, etc.), הֵיח דִּי conjecture (like Daniel הֵא כְּ דִי: = Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר), as היך די גבא like as he levied, Cooke Tariff ii. b 12. 18, c 14. 17. 21. 26 [ᵑ7 Onk Jon for כַּאֲשֶׁר have ׳כְּמָא דְ, ᵑ7 Jer ׳הֵיכְמָא דְ, ᵑ6. ]. It is dubious whether הֵא כְּ דִי belongs to a (notice especially ᵑ7 Jon) or b: Schulth ZAW 1902,164f. to
b. readingהֵאח דִּי (but א rare and late: D (2) § 45. 1); Nes OLtz. 1892,488 from הֵיח (see Biblical Hebrew) how ?).
הָא Ch. interj. lo! behold! Daniel 3:25. Syr. ܗܐܳ, Arab. هَا id.