Original Language Studio
Isaiah 38:8
“Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
H2005 · Hebrew
- Definition
- lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
- Derivation
- a primitive particle;
- KJV renderings
- behold, if, lo, though.
- Grammar
- הִנְ — particle (demonstrative)
- נִ֣י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 318 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22Genesis 4:14Genesis 6:13Genesis 9:9Genesis 11:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.