he.ach is an exclamatory particle marking a speaker’s emphatic reaction, whether hostile, self-satisfied, or celebratory.

The particle marks an emphatic spoken reaction: it accompanies hostile satisfaction over another’s ruin, a person’s response to warmth or battle, and reported speech in praise-oriented contexts.

1. Emphatic interjection in reported speech · dominant

   The supplied forms are tagged Particle · Interjection and occur as direct spoken outbursts. In Ezekiel 25:3 the APB renders an Ammonite reaction to the profaned sanctuary and Judah’s captivity as “Aha!”; in Ezekiel 26:2 it introduces Tyre’s satisfaction at Jerusalem’s destruction, while Isaiah 44:16 and Job 39:25 place it in responses to warmth and the trumpet. In Psalm 35:21 it is repeated in opponents’ speech, and Psalm 40:16 places the forms within continual speech by those who love salvation, though the APB does not isolate an equivalent English interjection there.

   Ezekiel 25:3Ezekiel 26:2Isaiah 44:16Job 39:25Psalm 35:21Psalm 40:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB frequently presents the interjection as “Aha!” or “Aha,” including hostile speech and personal reactions. In Psalm 40:16 and Psalm 70:4, the translation instead gives the surrounding call to magnify God, so the particle’s individual English contribution is not isolated.