Lexical Definition

‎הֵן‎ hên (hane) if ^A:Cond
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎הֵן‎

(that) if, or, whether.

• lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if

1) behold, if, whether

Extended Information

Aramaic of: הֵן

• Aramaic of hen (‎ה‎ֵ‎ן‎ "look!" הֵן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: אִם
Also see: לָהֵן

‎הֵן‎ conjunction if, whether (Biblical Hebrew ‎הֵן‎, q. v.: Zenjirli, Egyptian Aramaic (S-C^{Pap. A 7} +), Palmyrene, Nabataean ‎הן‎, Mandean ‎הין‎ if [‎ᵑ7‎^{Onk Jon} use ‎אם‎, ᵑ7^Jer ‎אין‎, Syriac ]); —

1. if, Dan 2:6; Dan 3:15; Dan 3:17; Dan 4:24*; Dan 5:16; Dan 5:17, ‎הֵן לָא ֗֗֗ ‎ Dan 2:5; Dan 2:9; Dan 3:15 vDan 3:18 ‎הֵן לָ֔א‎ if not.

2. repeated, ‎הֵן ֗֗֗ הֵן‎ sive ... sive, whether ... or (compare Biblical Hebrew ‎אִם‎, 1 b 1), Ezra 7:26 (so Palmyrene^{Tariff ii.c.19}).

3. in indirect question, whether (compare ‎אִם‎, 2 b), Ezra 5:17b ‎יִתְבַּקַּר ֗֗֗ הֵן אִיתַי ֗֗֗ ‎. — See also ‎לָהֵן‎. p. 50, 243, 1099

‎הַסִּק‎ etc., see ‎סלק‎ Haph`el

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