STRONGS NUMBER H2008

H2008. hennah

I. הֵ֫נָּה‎₄₉ adverb hither (perhaps from II. הֵן‎, used δεικτικῶς, with ה‎+?lo hitherwards! or perhaps akin to , , here) —

a. of place: (a) hither Genesis 15:16 הֵנָּךְ יָשׁוּבוּ‎, 42:15; 45:5 that you have sold me הֵנָּה‎ hither, 45:8; 45:13; Joshua 2:2; 3:9; 18:6; 2 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 57:3 הֵנָּה קִרְבוּ וְאַתֶּם‎, Jeremiah 31:8; 51:5 +; 1 Samuel 20:21 וָהֵנָּךְ מִמְּךָ‎ from thee and hitherwards, i.e. on this side of thee (opposed to וָהָֽלְאָה מִמְּךָ‎): repeated 2 Kings 4:35 הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה אַחַת‎ once hither and once thither = once to and fro; וָהֵנָּה הֵנָּה‎ hither and thither i.e. in different (or opposite) directions, Joshua 8:20; 2 Kings 2:8, 14; 1 Kings 20:40 strangely וָהֵנָּה הֵנָּח עשֵֹׁה עַבְדְּךָ וַיְהִי‎ literally and thy servant was a doer of hitherwards and thitherwards, i.e. was engaged in different directions (Ew^{§ 360, c treats {abbrev}}ה‎ here as the pronoun 3 plural feminine construed irregularly, compare אֵלֶּה עשֵֹׁה‎: but read probably with ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵐ5‎ Th Klo מֹּנֶה‎ was turning or looking (Exodus 2:12) for עשֵֹׁךְ‎); עַדהֵֿנָּה‎ even hither, Numbers 14:19; 1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 20:16 עַדהֵֿנָּה קְרַב‎, 2 Kings 8:7, to this point (in a book) Jeremiah 48:47; 51:64 (note of compiler or scribe). (β) here (compare שָׁמָּה‎ = there) Genesis 21:23 swear to me הֵנָּה‎ here, Daniel 12:5 לְ ׳חֵנָּה לְ הֵנָּה ׳֗֗֗‎ on this side of . . . on that side of . . .

b. of time, in הֵנָּה עַד‎ hitherto Genesis 15:16 (with a negative, = not yet) 44:28; Judges 16:13; Psalm 71:17 & until now do I keep declaring thy wonders, 1 Chronicles 9:18; 12:9 until now (the point reached in the narrative). In late Hebrew, contracted to עֲדֶ֫נָה‎ hitherto, still Ecclesiastes 4:2, עֲדֶן‎ 4:3 הָיָה לֹא עֲדֶן אֲשֶׁר‎ = who has not yet been (compare Mishna עֲדַיִן‎ hitherto, still, לֹא עֲדַיִן‎ = not yet).