Proverbs 24:12:2Prov.24.12.W2TAB

הֵן֮

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

    ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu

  3. sentence

    ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu ZE ha-lo-TO-khen li-BOT hu-ya-VIN ve-no-TSER NA-fe-she-kha HU ye-DA ve-he-SHIV le-a-DAM ke-fa-a-LO

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conditional conjunction ki {כִּי | kî}, introducing the protasis “if you say,” followed by direct speech marked by the interjection hen {הֵן | hēn} “behold.”

In contextProverbs 24:12

If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not He who weighs hearts understand? And He who guards your soul —does He not know? And will He not repay each person according to his work?

About this coordinate

Proverbs 24:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 24:12, so the Hebrew word הֵן֮ (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 Prov.24.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.12.W2.S1) and character.