הן

הן

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

Hebrew

Particle

הֵן • (hen)

1. Lo! also (as expressing surprise) if: - behold, if, lo, though.
   • Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃‎‎

     ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
     kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.

     For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

2. (formal) yes, yea, aye

Usage notes

• Due to being the affirmative, it is used as a copula, inflected identically to (and confused with) הִנֵּה‎ (hiné). Although this is in parallel to usage of the negative אֵין‎ (ēn), this is discouraged by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

Antonyms

• לַאו‎ (lav)

Derived terms

• בהן צדק‎
• מכלל הן אתה שומע לאו‎

Pronoun

הֵן • (hen) f pl

1. They (feminine).

See also

Hebrew personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		אֲנִי‎ (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí)[PP 1]	אֲנַחְנוּ‎ (anákhnu), אָנוּ‎ (ánu)[PP 2]
2nd person	m	אַתָּה‎ (atá)	אַתֶּם‎ (atém)
	f	אַתְּ‎ (at)	אַתֶּן‎ (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא‎ (hu)	הֵם‎ (hem)[PP 3]
	f	הִיא‎ (hi)	הֵן‎ (hen)[PP 3]
The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ‎ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ‎ (anákhnu) the more colloquial. In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם‎ (atém) and הֵם‎ (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן‎ (atén) and הֵן‎ (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.

References

• H2005 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible