Leviticus 25:20:6Lev.25.20.W6TAB

הֵ֚ן

hen

behold

Transliteration
HEN
Extended
HEHN
IPA
/heːn/

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 LO niz-RAA veh-LO ne-e-SOF et-teh-voo-ah-TEH-noo

  3. sentence

    ve-KHEE toh-em-ROO mah-noh-KHAL bah-sha-NAH hah-sheh-vee-ITH HEN LO niz-RAA veh-LO ne-e-SOF et-teh-voo-ah-TEH-noo

Exegesis

The particle hēn {הֵן | hēn} ‘behold’ signals the apodosis.

In contextLeviticus 25:20

And if you say, “What will we eat in the seventh year ?” Behold, we will not sow nor will we gather our produce .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 25:20, so the Hebrew word הֵ֚ן (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 Lev.25.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.20.W6.S1) and character.