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Jeremiah 31:8

“Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הֵןhên · hane
H2005 · Hebrew
Definition
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
Derivation
a primitive particle;
KJV renderings
behold, if, lo, though.
Grammar
  • הִנְ — particle (demonstrative)
  • נִי֩ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HTm/Sp1cs
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.

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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.