Job 21:27:1Job.21.27.W1TAB

הֵ֣ן

hen

behold

Transliteration
HEN
Extended
HEEN
IPA
/ˈheːn/

Meaning by language

English
behold

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    HEN

  2. clause

    HEN ya-DAT-ti makh-she-vo-TE-khem

  3. sentence

    HEN ya-DAT-ti makh-she-vo-TE-khem u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su

Exegesis

The particle hen {הֵן | hên} ‘behold’ introduces an emphatic assertion.

In contextJob 21:27

Behold, I have known your thoughts and the schemes against me that you devise to wrong me.

About this coordinate

Job 21:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:27, so the Hebrew word הֵ֣ן (hen) 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 Job.21.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.27.W1.S1) and character.