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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1 Kings 42 verses
- 1 Kings 19:5 וְ/הִנֵּֽה conj + ptcl dem He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
- 1 Kings 19:6 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
- 1 Kings 19:9 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
- 1 Kings 19:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה conj + ptcl dem He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
- 1 Kings 19:13 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
- 1 Kings 20:13 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 20:31 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.
- 1 Kings 20:39 וְ/הִנֵּֽה conj + ptcl dem As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
- 1 Kings 21:18 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to take possession of it.
- 1 Kings 22:13 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, See now, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth: please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak you good.
- 1 Kings 22:23 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.
2 Kings 46 verses
- 2 Kings 1:9 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
- 2 Kings 1:14 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 2:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2 Kings 2:16 הִנֵּה ptcl dem They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, You shall not send.
- 2 Kings 2:19 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
- 2 Kings 3:20 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 4:9 הִנֵּה ptcl dem She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
- 2 Kings 4:13 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? She answered, I dwell among my own people.
- 2 Kings 4:25 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
- 2 Kings 4:32 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem When Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid on his bed.
- 2 Kings 5:6 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy.
- 2 Kings 5:11 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
- 2 Kings 5:15 הִנֵּה ptcl dem He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
- 2 Kings 5:20 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- 2 Kings 5:22 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem He said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.
- 2 Kings 6:1 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we dwell before you is too strait for us.
- 2 Kings 6:13 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him. It was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
- 2 Kings 6:15 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
- 2 Kings 6:17 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes, that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
- 2 Kings 6:20 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem It happened, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
- 2 Kings 6:25 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
- 2 Kings 6:30 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
- 2 Kings 6:33 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה הִנֵּֽה conj + ptcl dem ptcl dem While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh; why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?
- 2 Kings 7:2 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
- 2 Kings 7:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
- 2 Kings 7:6 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
- 2 Kings 7:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 7:13 הִנָּ֗/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp One of his servants answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are consumed); and let us send and see.
- 2 Kings 7:15 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
- 2 Kings 7:19 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it:
- 2 Kings 8:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
- 2 Kings 9:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem When he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, captain. Jehu said, To which of us all? He said, To you, O captain.
- 2 Kings 10:4 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings didn't stand before him: how then shall we stand?
- 2 Kings 10:9 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him; but who struck all these?
- 2 Kings 11:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
- 2 Kings 13:21 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
- 2 Kings 15:11 הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:15 הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:26 הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:31 הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:26 וְ/הִנָּ/ם֙ conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 18:21 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
- 2 Kings 19:9 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
- 2 Kings 19:11 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?
- 2 Kings 19:35 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- 2 Kings 20:17 הִנֵּה֮ ptcl dem Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
1 Chronicles 7 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:1 וְ/הִנָּ֣/ם conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
- 1 Chronicles 11:1 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
- 1 Chronicles 22:9 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days:
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 28:21 וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you in all manner of work every willing man who has skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.
- 1 Chronicles 29:29 הִנָּ֣/ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
2 Chronicles 22 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 2:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with your servants,
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
- 2 Chronicles 9:6 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't you fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
- 2 Chronicles 13:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 16:3 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem [There is] a league between me and you, as [there was] between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 2 Chronicles 16:11 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:12 הִנֵּ֞ה ptcl dem The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one mouth: let your word therefore, Please be like one of theirs, and speak you good.
- 2 Chronicles 18:22 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.
- 2 Chronicles 19:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֡ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and Yahweh be with the good.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 וְ/הִנָּ/ם֙ conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar (the same is En Gedi).
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn't destroy them;
- 2 Chronicles 20:11 וְ/הִ֨נֵּה conj + ptcl dem behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
- 2 Chronicles 21:14 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem behold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;
- 2 Chronicles 23:3 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem All the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. He said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
- 2 Chronicles 25:19 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
- 2 Chronicles 26:20 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because Yahweh had struck him.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 הִ֠נֵּה ptcl dem But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 29:9 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Nehemiah 3 verses
- Nehemiah 5:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
- Nehemiah 6:12 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem I discerned, and, behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- Nehemiah 9:36 הִנֵּ֛ה הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem ptcl dem Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.
Esther 3 verses
- Esther 6:5 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem The king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. The king said, Let him come in.
- Esther 7:9 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. The king said, Hang him thereon.
- Esther 8:7 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
Job 15 verses
- Job 1:12 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.
- Job 1:19 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 3:7 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
- Job 4:3 הִ֭נֵּה ptcl dem Behold, you have instructed many, You have strengthened the weak hands.
- Job 5:17 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
- Job 5:27 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Look this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know it for your good."
- Job 9:19 הִנֵּ֑ה ptcl dem If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
- Job 13:18 הִנֵּה ptcl dem See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
- Job 16:19 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
- Job 32:12 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Job, Or who answered his words, among you.
- Job 32:19 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
- Job 33:2 הִנֵּה ptcl dem See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
- Job 33:7 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.
- Job 40:15 הִנֵּה ptcl dem "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
- Job 40:16 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.
Psalms 27 verses
- Psalms 7:14 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, And brought forth falsehood.
- Psalms 11:2 הִנֵּ֪ה ptcl dem For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
- Psalms 33:18 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, On those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Psalms 37:36 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Psalms 39:5 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
- Psalms 40:7 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
- Psalms 40:9 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- Psalms 48:4 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
- Psalms 52:7 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
- Psalms 54:4 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
- Psalms 55:7 הִ֭נֵּה ptcl dem Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
- Psalms 59:3 הִנֵּ֪ה ptcl dem For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, Not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
- Psalms 59:7 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
- Psalms 73:12 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- Psalms 73:15 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
- Psalms 73:27 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
- Psalms 83:2 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
- Psalms 87:4 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."
- Psalms 92:9 הִנֵּ֪ה הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem ptcl dem For, behold, your enemies, Yahweh, For, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evil-doers will be scattered.
- Psalms 119:40 הִ֭נֵּה ptcl dem Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness.
- Psalms 121:4 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, he who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
- Psalms 123:2 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
- Psalms 127:3 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Psalms 128:4 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
- Psalms 132:6 הִנֵּֽה ptcl dem Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:
- Psalms 133:1 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!
- Psalms 134:1 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, Who stand by night in Yahweh's house!
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 1:23 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
- Proverbs 7:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent.
- Proverbs 24:31 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.
Ecclesiastes 6 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and, behold, this also was vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 הִנֵּ֞ה ptcl dem Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Song of Solomon 4 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:8 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.
- Song of Solomon 2:9 הִנֵּה ptcl dem My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
- Song of Solomon 2:11 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
- Song of Solomon 3:7 הִנֵּ֗ה ptcl dem Behold, it is Solomon's carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
Isaiah 52 verses
- Isaiah 3:1 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water;
- Isaiah 5:7 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem For the vineyard of Yahweh of Hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; For righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
- Isaiah 5:26 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, And he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
- Isaiah 5:30 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
- Isaiah 6:7 הִנֵּ֛ה ptcl dem He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."
- Isaiah 7:14 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:7 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;
- Isaiah 8:18 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 8:22 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem and they shall look to the earth, and see, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
- Isaiah 10:33 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.
- Isaiah 12:2 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation."
- Isaiah 13:9 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.
- Isaiah 17:1 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
- Isaiah 17:14 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem At evening, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
- Isaiah 19:1 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem The burden of Egypt. Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
- Isaiah 20:6 הִנֵּה ptcl dem The inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
- Isaiah 21:9 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
- Isaiah 22:13 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
- Isaiah 22:17 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, Yahweh, like a [strong] man, will hurl you away violently; yes, he will wrap you up closely.
- Isaiah 24:1 הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
- Isaiah 25:9 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 26:21 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Isaiah 28:2 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 29:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem It shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 30:27 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;
- Isaiah 34:5 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky: behold, it shall come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 35:4 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Tell those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, don't be afraid: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
- Isaiah 36:6 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
- Isaiah 37:11 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?
- Isaiah 37:36 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem The angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Isaiah 38:17 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Isaiah 39:6 הִנֵּה֮ ptcl dem Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 40:9 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
- Isaiah 40:10 הִנֵּ֨ה הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem ptcl dem Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
- Isaiah 41:15 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Behold, I have made you [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
- Isaiah 41:27 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem [I am the] first [who says] to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good news.
- Isaiah 42:9 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, the former things have happened, and new things do I declare. Before they spring forth I tell you of them.
- Isaiah 47:14 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
- Isaiah 48:7 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you didn't hear them; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
- Isaiah 48:10 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
- Isaiah 49:12 הִנֵּה וְ/הִֽנֵּה ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem Behold, these shall come from far; and, behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
- Isaiah 49:22 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 51:22 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:
- Isaiah 52:13 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
- Isaiah 54:11 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
- Isaiah 59:9 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
- Isaiah 60:2 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
- Isaiah 62:11 הִנֵּ֣ה הִנֵּ֥ה הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem ptcl dem ptcl dem Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
- Isaiah 65:6 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,
- Isaiah 65:13 הִנֵּ֨ה הִנֵּ֧ה הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem ptcl dem ptcl dem Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
- Isaiah 65:14 הִנֵּ֧ה ptcl dem behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
- Isaiah 66:15 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 70 verses
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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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behold
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behold
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- 799
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- The word appears in 799 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
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- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #53
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- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 53 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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- 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×
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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.
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Plus 5 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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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.
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| Symbol | Meaning |
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| 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.
