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הא

הא

See also: ה״א

Aramaic

Interjection

הא (transliteration needed)

  1. behold!

References

  • h)”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Noun

הֵא () f

  1. Alternative form of ה״א

Etymology 2

Interjection

הֵא ()

  1. (rare) here is ..., here it is
    • 1903, Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter 8
      הַתַּלְיָן! הֵא צַוָּאר – קוּם שְׁחָט!
      Hangman! Here's a neck—come kill!

Etymology 3

Interjection

הָא (ha)

  1. (colloquial) ha! (an exclamation of triumph or discovery.)

Etymology 4

From Aramaic הא.

Interjection

הָא (ha)

  1. behold!, this, here is