Lexical Definition

‎הֵא‎ hêʼ (hay) behold ^A:Intj
(Aramaic) or הָא hâʼ (haw); (Aramaic), corresponding to ‎הֵא‎

even, lo.

• {lo!}

1) behold!, lo!
2) even as, like as

Extended Information

Aramaic of: הֵא

• Aramaic of he (‎ה‎ֵ‎א‎ "behold" הֵא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: הֵא
‎הָא‎ demonstrative particle lo! behold! (Biblical Hebrew ‎הֵא‎ (twice); Egyptian Aramaic and Têma ‎הא‎ (Cooke^{193, 198}); ᵑ7 ‎הָא‎; Syriac ; Mandean ‎הא‎ (Nö^{M 81}); Arabic in Aramaic also often prefixed to pronoun 3 person for greater definiteness, as ᵑ7 ‎הָהוּא‎, (for h¹-h¥), see Nö^{M 89 f.} W^{CG 106 f.}), Dan 3:25.

Also see: הֲלָךְ

‎הֵא‎ demonstrative particle, prefixed idiomatically to ‎כְּ‎ for greater definiteness, literally behold like (Biblical Hebrew ‎הֵא‎, see ‎הָא‎ above), only in ‎הֵאכְּֿ דִי‎ Dan 2:43 ‎הֵאכְּֿ דִי‎ ‎פַרְזְלָא לָא מִתְעָרַב‎ like as iron doth not mingle with clay (compare
a. ‎ᵑ7‎^Onk ‎הָא כְמַיָּא‎ Gen 49:4, so ᵑ7^Jon ‎׳‎‎הא כ‎ Isa 5:28; Isa 9:4* + often; ᵑ7^Jer ‎׳‎‎הֵי כ‎ Gen 26:4; Gen 26:18; Gen 26:22 + often; ‎הֵיח‎ Ps 2:9; Ps 5:10*; Ps 5:13* +, also pleonastic ‎׳‎‎הֵיח כְּ‎ Ps 22:14*; Ps 22:15*; Ps 22:17* + often
b. Palmyrene ‎הֵיח‎ as (Lzb²⁵⁹), as ‎היך בנמוסא‎ as (is) in the law (Cooke³²¹; so ᵑ7^Jer Ps 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, 164 f.} to
b. reading ‎הֵאח דִּי‎ (but ‎א‎ rare and late: D (2) § 45. 1); Nes^{OLtz. 1892, 488} from ‎הֵיח‎ (see Biblical Hebrew) how ?).

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