הִנֵּה
behold
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Every verse where H2009 appears in the Book of Jeremiah — 70 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 1:6 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
- Jeremiah 1:9 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth:
- Jeremiah 1:18 הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes of it, against the priests of it, and against the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 3:5 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Will he retain [his anger] forever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.
- Jeremiah 4:13 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
- Jeremiah 4:16 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, [that] watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 4:23 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- Jeremiah 4:24 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem I saw the mountains, and, behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
- Jeremiah 4:25 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.
- Jeremiah 4:26 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem I saw, and, behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities of it were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, [and] before his fierce anger.
- Jeremiah 6:10 הִנֵּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem ptcl dem To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen: behold, the word of Yahweh is become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
- Jeremiah 6:19 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Hear, earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
- Jeremiah 6:22 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Thus says Yahweh, Behold, a people comes from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 7:8 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
- Jeremiah 7:11 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:20 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 7:32 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place [to bury].
- Jeremiah 8:8 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
- Jeremiah 8:9 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
- Jeremiah 8:15 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Jeremiah 8:19 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: isn't Yahweh in Zion? Isn't her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?
- Jeremiah 9:25 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:
- Jeremiah 10:22 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
- Jeremiah 13:7 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
- Jeremiah 14:13 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
- Jeremiah 14:18 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
- Jeremiah 14:19 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Jeremiah 16:14 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be said, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
- Jeremiah 17:15 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, they tell me, Where is the word of Yahweh? let it come now.
- Jeremiah 18:3 ו/הנ/הו וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3ms conj + ptcl dem Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
- Jeremiah 18:6 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
- Jeremiah 18:11 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
- Jeremiah 19:6 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
- Jeremiah 23:5 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Jeremiah 23:7 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that they shall no more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
- Jeremiah 23:19 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 24:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה conj + ptcl dem Yahweh shown me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 25:29 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 25:32 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 27:16 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Don't listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Yahweh's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
- Jeremiah 30:3 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
- Jeremiah 30:23 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 31:27 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.
- Jeremiah 31:31 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
- Jeremiah 31:38 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
- Jeremiah 32:7 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
- Jeremiah 32:17 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Jeremiah 32:24 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, the mounds, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened; and, behold, you see it.
- Jeremiah 32:27 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
- Jeremiah 33:14 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
- Jeremiah 36:12 וְ/הִ֨נֵּה conj + ptcl dem he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, behold, all the princes were sitting there, [to wit], Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Jeremiah 37:7 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
- Jeremiah 38:5 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
- Jeremiah 38:22 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you: [now that] your feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
- Jeremiah 40:4 הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
- Jeremiah 45:4 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
- Jeremiah 47:2 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
- Jeremiah 48:12 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
- Jeremiah 48:40 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
- Jeremiah 49:2 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who did possess him, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:12 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
- Jeremiah 49:15 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
- Jeremiah 49:19 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?
- Jeremiah 49:22 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Jeremiah 50:9 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
- Jeremiah 50:12 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem your mother shall be utterly disappointed; she who bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- Jeremiah 50:41 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 50:44 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me?
- Jeremiah 51:47 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment on the engraved images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
- Jeremiah 51:52 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
About this entry
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At its core, הנה (hinnêh) means “behold.” First canonically at Genesis 1:29, it enters the text early. With 799 verses in 35 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. From the same root come הן, הן and להן. Dig into 799-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H2009 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 799
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 799 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #53
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 53 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 799 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 799 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 491 verses · 61%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 203 verses · 25%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 105 verses · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Behold 9×, Lo 5×
- American Standard Version: Behold 7×, And 3×, Lo 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Behold 169×, Look 75×, There 36×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Behold 767×, Behold me 65×, Behold i 27×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2009 across 17 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2009 across 17 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2009 across 685 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 154 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2009 across 947 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- a. pointing to persons or things, Gn 12:19 and now הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ behold thy wife! 18:9 הִנֵּה בָאֹהֶל behold (she is) in the tent (the suffix, when the noun to which הנה refers has immediately preceded, being not unfrequently omitted, 16:14: cf. Dr§ 135. 6, 2), 30:3; 31:51(×2) Ex 24:8 1 K 2:29. With sf. of 1 ps., especially in response to a call, indicating the readiness of the person addressed to listen or obey, Here I am! (lit. Behold me!) Gn 22:1, 7, 11; 27:1, 18; 31:11; 37:13; 46:2 Ex 3:4 1 S 3:4, 5, 6, 8, 16; 22:12 2 S 1:7 Is, 6:8, cf. 1 S 12:3 הִנְנִי עֲנוּ בִי here I am, answer against me, 14:43 (cf. Drp. 292), 2 S 15:26 (in resignation: cf. Gn 44:16; 50:18 Jos 9:25 Ezr 9:15): of God Is 52:6; 58:9; 65:1(×2) (repeated for emphasis). In the pl. הננו Nu 14:40 Je 3:22 Jb 38:35.—Emph. הִנְנִי אָ֕נִי Ez 34:11, 20, cf. 6:3. On הִנְנִי אֶל …, v. אל 4, p. 40. e.g. Genesis 12:19
- b. introducing clauses involving predication: (a) with ref. to the past or present, it points generally to some truth either newly asserted, or newly recognised, Gn 1:29 behold! I have given to you all herbs etc. 17:20; 27:6 1 S 14:33 etc.; often one upon which some proposal or suggestion is to be founded, Ex 1:9 (cf. הן Gn 11:6) 1 S 20:2, 5; 2 K 5:20. When the proposal is to be of the nature of an entreaty or request, הִנֵּה־נָא is often used, instead of the simple הִנֵּה Gn 12:11; 16:2; 18:27 1 K 20:31; 22:13 al. (v. נָא). (b) with ref. to the future. Here it serves to introduce a solemn or important declaration Ex 32:34; 34:10 Is 7:14; and is used especially with the ptcp. (the fut. instans, Dr§ 135, 3) in predictions or threats, Gn 20:3 הִנְּךָ מֵת (lit.) behold thee (accus.) about to die, thou art about to die, Ex 4:23; 7:17; 9:3 Dt 31:16 1 S 3:11 1 K 20:35; 22:25 Is 3:1; 10:33; 17:1; 19:1; 22:17; 24:1 + often; in the phrase הנה ימים באים †1 S 2:31 2 K 20:17 = Is 39:6 Am 4:2; 8:11; 9:13 + Je 15 times; very often with the suffix of 1 ps. sg., as הִנְנִי מֵבִיא Behold, I bring (lit. behold me bringing, or about to bring) … Gn 6:17 Ex 10:4 & often, especially in Je; Gn 9:9 Ex 8:17; 9:18; 34:11 2 K 22:20 Is 13:17; 29:14; 43:19 Je 8:17; 11:22 (הִנְנִי פֹקֵד; so 23:2 +) 16:16; 20:4, etc.; anomalously, with change of person, Is 28:16 הִנְנִי יִסַּד (according to points) behold me, one who has founded, 29:14 הִנְנִי יוֹסִף behold me, one who will add (so 38:5); but it is dub. whether the ptcp. יֹסֵד, יוֹסֵף should not be read. e.g. Genesis 1:29
- c. וְהִנֵּה … very freq. in historical style, especially (but not exclusively) after verbs of seeing or discovering, making the narrative graphic and vivid, and enabling the reader to enter into the surprise or satisfaction of the speaker or actor concerned: Gn 1:31 and behold, it was very good, 6:12; 8:13; 15:12; 18:2; 37:29 Ex 2:6 Dt 9:13 etc.: in the description of a dream Gn 37:7, 9; 40:9, 16; 41:1, 2, 3 Is 29:8, or of a vision Am 7:1, 4; 8:1 etc. With a ptcp. (the context fixing the sense to the past), Gn 24:30; 37:15 (both without suffix); Ju 9:43; 11:34 1 K 19:5, 11 +. e.g. Genesis 1:31
- d. like II. הֵן (b), nearly = if (rare): Lv 13:5, 6, 8, 10 (& elsewhere in this and the next ch.) וְהִנֵּה and behold = and if, Dt 13:15 and 17:4 וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת and behold it is true = and if it be true, 19:18 1 S 20:12; cf. 1 S 9:7 2 S 18:11 Ho 9:6; with ו׳ in apod. 2 K 10:9. e.g. Leviticus 13:5
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
Once הִנֶּה־ Gn 19:2, demonstr. part. lo! behold! (Arabic إِنَّ certainly, surely, lit. lo!), with sf. (the pron. being conceived as accus., Ew§ 262 c; cf. إِنَّ, which takes an accus., whether of a noun or pron. sf.) הִנְנִי Gn 6:13 + often (also הִנֶּ֣נִּי Gn 22:7), הִנֵּ֑נִי Gn 22:1, 11 +, (הִנֶּ֔נִּי Gn 27:18), †Is 65:1 הִנֵּ֣נִי הִנֵּ֔נִי (but הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי is also said Gn 24:13, 43; 25:32; 48:21 Ex 4:23; 7:17 +; and, more rarely, הִנֵּה אֲנִי Ez 37:5, 12, 19, 21 2 Ch 2:3, cf. 2 K 10:9 Je 32:27); הִנְּךָ Gn 20:3 + (†2 K 7:2 הִנְּכָה), הִנֶּ֑ךָּ †ψ139:8, fem. הִנָּךְ Gn 16:11 + 6 times; הִנּוֹ †Nu 23:17 Jb 2:6 1 Ch 11:25, הִנֵּ֫הוּ †Je 18:3 Kt (הִנֵּה הוּא is more usual, as Gn 20:16; 42:27; 1 S 10:22 Je 38:5 Ru 3:2): 1 pl. הִנְנוּ †Jos 9:25 2 S 5:1 Je 3:22 Ezr 9:15, הִנֶּ֫נּוּ †Gn 44:16; 50:18 Nu 14:40, הִנֵּ֑נוּ Jb 38:35; הִנְּכֶם †Dt 1:10 Je 16:12; הִנָּם Gn 40:6 + often (37 times)—lo! behold!
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from הן (hên) (H2005) — behold.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
הַנָּה
- , v. הָן
הִנֵּה
- v. הֵן) behold, here is. Koh. R. to V, 6 ה׳ של בו"ד the ‘here is’ of a human being (Esth. VIII, 7), ה׳ של הק"בה the ‘here is’ of the Lord (Zech. XIV, 1).—הִנֵּנִי here am I. Gen. R. s. 55 ה׳ לכהונה I am ready for priesthood; a. fr. e.g. Esther 8:7
הָנָה
- , v. הני
הני
- (denom. of הֲנָאָה), Nif. נֶהֱנֶה (= נֵאוֹת, v. אוֹת I)
- 1. to be pleased, to enjoy, to profit. B. Kam. 20ᵃ, a. fr. זה נה׳ the one is benefitted &c., opp. חָסֵר. Ib. II, 2 משלם מה שנֶהֱנֵית he must pay for what the animal has enjoyed (eaten or drunk), contrad. to מה שהזיקה what she has damaged. Ber. 10ᵇ הרוצה לֵהָנוֹת יהָנֶה וכ׳ (Rashi לֵיהָ׳) he who desires to make use (of people’s hospitalities), may do so following the example of Elisha. R. Hash. 28ᵃ, a. fr. מצות לא ליהנות ניתנו religious ceremonies are not considered an enjoyment (as regards the use of sacred property &c.); a. v. fr.
- 2. to be enjoyed. Ber. 35ᵃ דבר שנ׳ something which is enjoyable (can be eaten &c.).
- to benefit, to entertain, to cause to share. Snh. 92ᵃ אינו מְהַנֶּה ת"ח וכ׳ allows no scholar to share his wealth. Ber. 63ᵇ bot. ומְהַנֵּהוּ וכ׳ and invites him to partake of his wealth. Yad. IV, 3 הרי אתה כמְהַנָּן וכ׳ you appear to benefit them pecuniarily, but &c. Ab. Zar. 16ᵇ sq. שמא דבר מינית … והִנָּאֲךָ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) perhaps a heretical idea was communicated to thee and it pleased thee; Yalk. Prov. 937; a. fr. [Snh. 102ᵇ הֶהֱנָה Hif., marginal note היה מְהַנֶּה; v. Yalk. Kings 207.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 60 distinct written forms H2009 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּ֣ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 8:11 | 70 |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 6:11 | 66 |
| הִנֵּ֥ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 4:2 | 62 |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 9:13 | 60 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:4 | 60 |
| הִנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 11:2 | 56 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:3 | 48 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:5 | 43 |
| וְ/הִנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 10:10 | 43 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 2:11 | 37 |
| וְ/הִנֵּה֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:1 | 31 |
| הִנֵּ֛ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 2:13 | 26 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:15 | 26 |
| הִנֵּה֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 4:23 | 24 |
| הִנֵּֽה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 18:31 | 16 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 8:1 | 16 |
| הִנֵּה֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 4:13 | 15 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:7 | 13 |
| הִנֵּ֧ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 31:6 | 11 |
| הִנֵּ֖ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 8:20 | 10 |
| וְ/הִנֵּה֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 1:4 | 10 |
| הִ֠נֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 22:20 | 9 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 10:16 | 8 |
| הִנָּ֣/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Chronicles 29:29 | 7 |
| וְ֠/הִנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 37:7 | 7 |
| וְ/הִ֨נֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:1 | 5 |
| וְ/הִנֵּֽה | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 37:8 | 5 |
| הִנֵּ֗ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 1:9 | 4 |
| הִנֵּ֞ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 9:8 | 4 |
| הִנֵּֽנִ/י | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 22:1 | 4 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֞ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 16:14 | 4 |
| הִ֭נֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Job 4:3 | 3 |
| הִנֵּ֪ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Psalms 11:2 | 3 |
| הִנֵּֽ/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 3:4 | 3 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֛/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 13:10 | 3 |
| הִֽנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 20:5 | 2 |
| הִנְּ/ךָ֥ | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 31:16 | 2 |
| הִנֵּה֮ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 20:17 | 2 |
| הִנָּ֥/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 16:11 | 2 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֡ה | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 19:11 | 2 |
| וְ/הִנָּ/ם֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 20:2 | 2 |
| הִנְ/נִ֨י | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 6:3 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נִי֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 6:17 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֑ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Job 9:19 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֔ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Habakkuk 2:13 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֕ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 18:12 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֡ה | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 20:2 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֔נִּ/י | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 27:18 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֣ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 19:2 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֣נִּֽ/י | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 22:7 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֥/נּֽוּ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 50:18 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֗/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 7:13 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֨/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 13:5 | 1 |
| ו/הנ/הו | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 18:3 | 1 |
| וְ/הְנֵּ֛ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 3:25 | 1 |
| וְ/הִֽנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 49:12 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנּ֤/וֹ | Particle, Demonstrative | Numbers 23:17 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנְּ/כֶ֣ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 1:10 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֣/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Chronicles 9:1 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֨/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Joshua 7:21 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2009, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 769 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 799 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:29
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 10:16
- Numbers 3:12
- Deuteronomy 1:10
- Joshua 2:2
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:15
- 1 Samuel 2:31
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:14
- 2 Kings 1:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
