Ea is an exclamatory particle that opens the hostile address in Luke 4:34.

Ea functions as an exclamatory particle at the opening of the address in Luke 4:34, before the questions directed to Jesus.

1. Exclamatory opening of an address · dominant

   The form Ἔα is tagged as a Particle in Luke 4:34 and stands at the start of an address that immediately asks what the speakers have to do with Jesus and whether he has come to destroy them. In Luke 4:34 the APB renders the opening “Ha!” before those questions.

   Luke 4:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 4:34, the APB presents the opening exclamation as “Ha!”; This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verse's exclamatory opening.