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־ה
־ה
Hebrew
Preposition
־ָה • (-a)
- (no longer productive) to, toward, in the direction of, -ward
- Exodus 1:1, with translation of the King James Version:
- וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרָיְמָה, אֵת יַעֲקֹב אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ בָּאוּ:
- V'éle sh'mót b'néi yisra'él haba'ím mitsráyma, et-ya'akóv ísh uveitó bá'u.
- Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
- וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרָיְמָה, אֵת יַעֲקֹב אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ בָּאוּ:
- Exodus 1:1, with translation of the King James Version:
- (colloquial, no longer productive) at, located in the direction of
Usage notes
- In modern non-poetic use, this postposition is mostly used only with inherently directional nouns (such as in שמאלה (smóla, “left, leftward, to the left”), from שמאל (smol, “left, the left, left hand”)), and in a few fixed expressions (such as הַבַּיְתָה (habáyta, “homeward”)).
Synonyms
Pronoun
־ָהּ • (-áh)
- (archaic) her, it: indicates the direct object of a verb
- Genesis 2:15:
- וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ בְגַן-עֵדֶן, לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ
- He placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to guard it
- וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ בְגַן-עֵדֶן, לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ
- Genesis 2:15:
- her, it: indicates the object of a preposition
- Ruth 1:22:
- וַתָּשָׁב נָעֳמִי, וְרוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה כַלָּתָהּ עִמָּהּ
- Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her
- וַתָּשָׁב נָעֳמִי, וְרוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה כַלָּתָהּ עִמָּהּ
- Ruth 1:22:
- (now formal) her, its: indicates the possessor of a singular construct noun
- 2 Samuel 13:19:
- וַתִּקַּח תָּמָר אֵפֶר עַל-רֹאשָׁהּ
- Tamar took ashes on her head
- וַתִּקַּח תָּמָר אֵפֶר עַל-רֹאשָׁהּ
- Ruth 1:22:
- וַתָּשָׁב נָעֳמִי, וְרוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה כַלָּתָהּ עִמָּהּ
- Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her
- וַתָּשָׁב נָעֳמִי, וְרוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה כַלָּתָהּ עִמָּהּ
- 2 Samuel 13:19:
Synonyms
- (of a verb): אוֹתָהּ (otáh); (archaic) ־ֶנָּה (éna), (archaic) ־הָ (ha)
- (of a noun): שֶׁלָּהּ (sheláh)
Suffix
־ה • (-a, -á)
- used in feminine singular forms of most adjectives
- פשוט (pashút, “simple”) + ־ה → פשוטה (p'shutá, “simple”)
- used in singular indefinite and definite forms of many or most feminine nouns
- used in many female given names
- דניאל (danyél, “Daniel”) → דניאלה (danyéla, “Danielle”)
- used in feminine singular present participle and present tense forms of certain verbs
- שם (sam, “put”) → שמה (sáma, samá, “(she, it) puts, putting”)
- used in third-person feminine singular past tense (suffix conjugation) forms of most verbs
- used to add emphasis to certain future-tense and imperative verb-forms
Synonyms
- (in adjectives): ־ת (-et, -t)
- (in nouns): ־ת (-et), ־ית (-it), ־ות (-ut)
- (in present-tense verbs): ־ת (-et)