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Aramaic
Pronunciation
Interjection
הא • (transliteration needed)
- behold!
References
- “hˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Noun
הֵא • (hé) f
- Alternative form of ה״א
Etymology 2
Interjection
הֵא • (hé)
- (rare) here is ..., here it is
1903,
Hayim Nahman Bialik,
On the Slaughter 8
:
- הַתַּלְיָן! הֵא צַוָּאר – קוּם שְׁחָט!
- Hangman! Here's a neck—come kill!
Etymology 3
Interjection
הָא • (ha)
- (colloquial) ha! (an exclamation of triumph or discovery.)
Etymology 4
From Aramaic הא.
Interjection
הָא • (ha)
- behold!, this, here is