Lexical Definition

‎הֵנָּה‎ hênnâh (hane'-naw) here/thus ^H:Adv
from ‎הֵן‎

here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.

• hither or thither (but used both of place and time)

1) here, there, now, hither

See Greek: ἐντεῦθεν · ἐντεῦθεν · νῦν · ὧδε

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎הֵ֫נָּה‎₄₉ adverb hither (perhaps from II. ‎הֵן‎, used δεικτικῶς, with ‎ה‎- locative, properly lo hitherwards! or perhaps akin to , , here) —
a. of place: (a) hither Gen 15:16 ‎יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּךְ‎, Gen 42:15; Gen 45:5 that you have sold me ‎הֵנָּה‎ hither, vGen 45:8 vGen 45:13; Josh 2:2; Josh 3:9; Josh 18:6; 2Sam 1:10; Isa 57:3 ‎וְאַתֶּם קִרְבוּ הֵנָּה‎, Jer 31:8; Jer 51:5 +; 1Sam 20:21 ‎מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּךְ‎ from thee and hitherwards, i.e. on this side of thee (opposed to ‎מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְאָה‎): repeated 2Kgs 4:35 ‎אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה‎ once hither and once thither = once to and fro; ‎הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה‎ hither and thither i.e. in different (or opposite) directions, Josh 8:20; 2Kgs 2:8; 2Kgs 2:14; 1Kgs 20:40 strangely ‎וַיְהִי עַבְדְּךָ עשֵֹׁה הֵנָּח וָהֵנָּה‎ literally and thy servant was a doer of hitherwards and thitherwards, i.e. was engaged in different directions (Ew^{§ 360, c treats {abbrev}}‎ה‎ here as the pronoun 3 plural feminine construed irregularly, compare ‎עשֵֹׁה אֵלֶּה‎: but read probably with ᵐ5 ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Th Klo ‎פֹּנֶה‎ was turning or looking (Exod 2:12) for ‎עשֵֹׁךְ‎); ‎עַדהֵֿנָּה‎ even hither, Num 14:19; 1Sam 7:12; 2Sam 20:16 ‎קְרַב עַדהֵֿנָּה‎, 2Kgs 8:7, to this point (in a book) Jer 48:47; Jer 51:64 (note of compiler or scribe). (β) here (compare ‎שָׁמָּה‎ = there) Gen 21:23 swear to me ‎הֵנָּה‎ here, Dan 12:5 ‎׳‎‎֗֗֗ הֵנָּה לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎חֵנָּה לְ‎ on this side of . . . on that side of . . .
b. of time, in ‎עַד הֵנָּה‎ hitherto Gen 15:16 (with a negative, = not yet) Gen 44:28; Judg 16:13; Ps 71:17 & until now do I keep declaring thy wonders, 1Chr 9:18; 1Chr 12:9* until now (the point reached in the narrative). In late Hebrew, contracted to ‎עֲדֶ֫נָה‎ hitherto, still Eccl 4:2, ‎עֲדֶן‎ Eccl 4:3 ‎אֲשֶׁר עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה‎ = who has not yet been (compare Mishna ‎עֲדַיִן‎ hitherto, still, ‎עֲדַיִן לֹא‎ = not yet).

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