look!
hen is a Hebrew attention-marking particle used to foreground a reply, an announcement, or a stated circumstance.
The supplied verses show hen as an attention-marking particle placed with foregrounded statements: a response to a call, a coming action, or a circumstance presented for notice.
Senses in use
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Attention marker in foregrounded clauses · dominant
The supplied morphology identifies the forms as particles, chiefly demonstrative and sometimes interjectional. In 1 Samuel 3:4 it occurs in Samuel's response after he is called; in 1 Kings 11:31 it stands with the announced tearing of the kingdom; and in 2 Chronicles 20:24 it occurs as Judah sees the multitude lying as corpses. These clauses show a marker that directs attention to the response, announcement, or circumstance being stated.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with attention-getting English such as “Look,” “Behold,” and “Here I am,” but it is a whole-verse translation to the particle.