הִנֵּה
behold
H2009
Strong's Hebrew
hinnêh
Transliteration
/hin-nay'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
843
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
behold, lo, see, if
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
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Deuteronomy 10 verses
- Deuteronomy 22:17 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 26:10 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, Yahweh, have given me. You shall set it down before Yahweh your God, and worship before Yahweh your God:
- Deuteronomy 31:16 הִנְּ/ךָ֥ ptcl dem + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Joshua 13 verses
- Joshua 2:2 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem It was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the children of Israel to search out the land.
- Joshua 2:18 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household.
- Joshua 3:11 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
- Joshua 5:13 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?
- Joshua 7:21 וְ/הִנָּ֨/ם conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 7:22 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 8:20 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
- Joshua 9:12 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become moldy:
- Joshua 9:13 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
- Joshua 14:10 הִנֵּה֩ הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem ptcl dem Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
- Joshua 22:11 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem The children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel.
- Joshua 23:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
- Joshua 24:27 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.
Judges 38 verses
- Judges 1:2 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Yahweh said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
- Judges 3:24 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.
- Judges 3:25 וְ/הְנֵּ֛ה וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem They waited until they were ashamed; and, behold, he didn't open the doors of the upper room: therefore they took the key, and opened [them], and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
- Judges 4:22 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem Behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. He came to her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.
- Judges 6:15 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
- Judges 6:28 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
- Judges 6:37 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.
- Judges 7:13 וְ/הִ֨נֵּה הִנֵּ֧ה וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
- Judges 7:17 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem He said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do.
- Judges 8:15 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem He came to the men of Succoth, and said, See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?
- Judges 9:31 הִנֵּה֩ וְ/הִנָּ֛/ם ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city [to take part] against you.
- Judges 9:33 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and, behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
- Judges 9:36 הִנֵּה ptcl dem When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
- Judges 9:37 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
- Judges 9:43 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem He took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; He rose up against them, and struck them.
- Judges 11:34 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Judges 13:3 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
- Judges 13:5 הִנָּ֨/ךְ ptcl dem + sfx pers 2fs for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judges 13:7 הִנָּ֥/ךְ ptcl dem + sfx pers 2fs but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
- Judges 13:10 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the [other] day.
- Judges 14:5 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
- Judges 14:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
- Judges 14:16 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and don't love me: you have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and haven't told it me. He said to her, Behold, I haven't told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?
- Judges 16:10 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, Please, with which you might be bound.
- Judges 17:2 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem He said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse, and did also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. His mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh.
- Judges 18:9 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem They said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
- Judges 18:12 הִנֵּ֕ה ptcl dem They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
- Judges 19:9 הִנֵּ֣ה הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem ptcl dem When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
- Judges 19:16 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- Judges 19:22 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
- Judges 19:24 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don't do any such folly.
- Judges 19:27 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
- Judges 20:7 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.
- Judges 20:40 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
- Judges 21:8 וְ֠/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
- Judges 21:9 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
- Judges 21:19 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
- Judges 21:21 וְ֠/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Ruth 5 verses
- Ruth 1:15 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law.
- Ruth 2:4 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, Yahweh be with you. They answered him, Yahweh bless you.
- Ruth 3:2 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
- Ruth 3:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem It happened at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
- Ruth 4:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.
1 Samuel 70 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:31 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
- 1 Samuel 3:11 הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
- 1 Samuel 4:13 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
- 1 Samuel 5:3 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
- 1 Samuel 5:4 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.
- 1 Samuel 8:5 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
- 1 Samuel 9:6 הִנֵּה ptcl dem He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
- 1 Samuel 9:7 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
- 1 Samuel 9:8 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
- 1 Samuel 9:12 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he is come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
- 1 Samuel 9:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem They went up to the city; [and] as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
- 1 Samuel 9:17 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.
- 1 Samuel 9:24 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved! set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
- 1 Samuel 10:2 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shall you wait, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
- 1 Samuel 10:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
- 1 Samuel 10:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 10:22 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? Yahweh answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 11:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 12:1 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
- 1 Samuel 12:2 הִנֵּ֥ה הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
- 1 Samuel 12:13 הִנֵּ֥ה וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and, behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
- 1 Samuel 13:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
- 1 Samuel 14:8 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them.
- 1 Samuel 14:11 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
- 1 Samuel 14:16 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
- 1 Samuel 14:17 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem Then said Saul to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
- 1 Samuel 14:20 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion.
- 1 Samuel 14:26 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem When the people were come to the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
- 1 Samuel 14:33 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood. He said, you have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone to me this day.
- 1 Samuel 15:12 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 15:22 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Samuel said, Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 16:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.
- 1 Samuel 16:15 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
- 1 Samuel 16:18 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
- 1 Samuel 17:23 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
- 1 Samuel 18:17 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
- 1 Samuel 18:22 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
- 1 Samuel 19:16 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' [hair] at the head of it.
- 1 Samuel 19:19 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 19:22 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 20:2 הִנֵּ֡ה ptcl dem He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
- 1 Samuel 20:5 הִֽנֵּה ptcl dem David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
- 1 Samuel 20:12 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Jonathan said to David, Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
- 1 Samuel 20:21 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem ptcl dem Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
- 1 Samuel 20:22 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
- 1 Samuel 20:23 הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem As touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
- 1 Samuel 21:14 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?
- 1 Samuel 23:1 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
- 1 Samuel 23:3 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
- 1 Samuel 24:1 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.
- 1 Samuel 24:4 הִנֵּ֨ה הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem ptcl dem The men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
- 1 Samuel 24:9 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?
- 1 Samuel 24:10 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you; but [my eye] spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed.
- 1 Samuel 24:20 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:14 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
- 1 Samuel 25:20 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
- 1 Samuel 25:36 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
- 1 Samuel 25:41 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
- 1 Samuel 26:7 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 1 Samuel 26:22 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and get it.
- 1 Samuel 26:24 וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Yahweh, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.
- 1 Samuel 28:7 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at En-dor.
- 1 Samuel 28:9 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem The woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: why then lay you a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
- 1 Samuel 28:21 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
- 1 Samuel 30:3 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
- 1 Samuel 30:16 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 30:26 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
2 Samuel 40 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:2 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
- 2 Samuel 1:6 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem The young man who told him said, As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and, behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
- 2 Samuel 1:18 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem (and he bade them teach the children of Judah [the song of] the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
- 2 Samuel 3:12 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
- 2 Samuel 3:22 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:24 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?
- 2 Samuel 4:8 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; and Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
- 2 Samuel 4:10 הִנֵּה ptcl dem when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
- 2 Samuel 9:4 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The king said to him, Where is he? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.
- 2 Samuel 9:6 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, Mephibosheth. He answered, Behold, your servant!
- 2 Samuel 12:18 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!
- 2 Samuel 13:24 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Absalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant has sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants go with your servant.
- 2 Samuel 13:34 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.
- 2 Samuel 13:35 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are come: as your servant said, so it is.
- 2 Samuel 13:36 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem It happened, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
- 2 Samuel 14:7 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem Behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.
- 2 Samuel 14:21 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
- 2 Samuel 14:32 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.
- 2 Samuel 15:15 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.
- 2 Samuel 15:24 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 15:32 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
- 2 Samuel 15:36 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.
- 2 Samuel 16:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem When David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
- 2 Samuel 16:3 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
- 2 Samuel 16:4 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is yours. Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.
- 2 Samuel 16:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came.
- 2 Samuel 16:11 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.
- 2 Samuel 17:9 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:10 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
- 2 Samuel 18:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
- 2 Samuel 18:24 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
- 2 Samuel 18:26 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, Behold, [another] man running alone. The king said, He also brings news.
- 2 Samuel 18:31 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, News for my lord the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you.
- 2 Samuel 19:1 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem It was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:8 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 19:20 וְ/הִנֵּֽה conj + ptcl dem For your servant does know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
- 2 Samuel 19:37 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
- 2 Samuel 19:41 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?
- 2 Samuel 20:21 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
- 2 Samuel 24:17 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house.
1 Kings 42 verses
- 1 Kings 1:14 הִנֵּ֗ה ptcl dem Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
- 1 Kings 1:18 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it:
- 1 Kings 1:22 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
- 1 Kings 1:23 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem They told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
- 1 Kings 1:25 וְ/הִנָּ֛/ם conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [Long] live king Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 1:42 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.
- 1 Kings 1:51 הִנֵּה֙ וְ֠/הִנֵּה ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.
- 1 Kings 2:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
- 1 Kings 2:29 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem It was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
- 1 Kings 2:39 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.
- 1 Kings 3:12 הִנֵּ֥ה הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem ptcl dem behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
- 1 Kings 3:15 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
- 1 Kings 3:21 וְ/הִנֵּה וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem When I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.
- 1 Kings 8:27 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
- 1 Kings 10:7 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem However I didn't believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
- 1 Kings 12:28 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 13:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Yahweh to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
- 1 Kings 13:2 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall they burn on you.
- 1 Kings 13:3 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem He gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Yahweh has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.
- 1 Kings 13:25 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.
- 1 Kings 14:2 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Jeroboam said to his wife, Please get up and disguise yourself, that you not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.
- 1 Kings 14:5 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Yahweh said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to inquire of you concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you tell her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.
- 1 Kings 14:19 הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 1 Kings 15:19 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem [There is] a league between me and you, between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 1 Kings 17:9 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
- 1 Kings 17:10 וְ/הִנֵּֽה conj + ptcl dem So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- 1 Kings 18:7 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?
- 1 Kings 18:8 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
- 1 Kings 18:11 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
- 1 Kings 18:14 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]; and he will kill me.
- 1 Kings 18:44 הִנֵּה ptcl dem It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [your chariot], and get you down, that the rain not stop you.
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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.
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Strong's · 1890
behold
Modern gloss
behold
Strong's 1890 agrees
Strong's 1890 and current BDB scholarship align on this entry's primary sense — a good signal that the gloss above is unambiguous and stable.
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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).
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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%
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- 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.
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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.
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Shares the same root
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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.
