Lexicon
הֵנָּה
hen.nah
H2007
H:RelP Hebrew

they(fem.)

48
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15
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Hebrew
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hen.nah is a feminine third-person pronoun used to refer back to groups or things already identified in the context.

This pronoun marks feminine third-person referents in the surrounding clause, pointing back to identified groups, objects, or persons, as with the ewe lambs in Genesis 21:29 and the chambers in Ezekiel 42:13.

Senses in use

  1. Third-person reference to feminine plural referents · dominant

    The supplied morphology most often identifies the form as a third-person feminine plural pronoun. In Genesis 21:29 it occurs in the question concerning seven ewe lambs, which the APB renders as “these seven ewe lambs”; in Ezekiel 42:13 it refers within the description of the northern and southern chambers, rendered “they are the holy chambers.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Its wording only indicates the clause’s reference. Across the cited verses it presents the referent with forms such as “these” and “they,” and may absorb the pronoun into the English clause.

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