1 Kings 20:40:41 Kgs.20.40.W4TAB
הֵ֛נָּה
hena
“here”
- Transliteration
- HE-na
- Extended
- HAY-nah
- IPA
- /ˈheːn.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- here
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HE-na
- phraseyour reading level
o-SE HE-na
- clause
va-ye-HI av-de-KHA o-SE HE-na va-HE-na ve-HU e-NE-nu
- sentence
va-ye-HI av-de-KHA o-SE HE-na va-HE-na ve-HU e-NE-nu va-yo-MER e-LAV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL KEN mish-pa-TE-kha a-TA kha-RATS-ta
Exegesis
The idiomatic cluster oseh henna wāhēnnā {עֹשֵׂה הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה | ʿōśē hēnnā wāhēnnā} “doing here and there” uses parallelism to portray distraction.
In context — 1 Kings 20:40
And it happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he was not there. Then the king of Israel said to him, “So is your judgment; you have decided it yourself.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:40, so the Hebrew word הֵ֛נָּה (hena) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.20.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.40.W4.S1) and character.