behold
hin.neh is a demonstrative particle that directs attention to a person, event, condition, or announcement in a clause.
As a demonstrative particle, it marks material for attention within narrative and speech: an encounter or visible circumstance, a reported fact, or a declaration of what is to happen. The supplied forms carry the same decoded morphology across the sample.
Senses in use
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Demonstrative attention marker in clauses · dominant
The particle introduces or highlights what follows in narrative and direct speech. In 1 Kings 17:10 the APB renders a widow gathering wood at the city entrance, while 1 Kings 18:44 renders the report of a small cloud rising from the sea; in 1 Kings 3:12 it introduces declarations that the request has been granted and that a wise heart is given. It also draws attention to an announced future event in 1 Kings 13:2 and to a present report in 1 Kings 2:39.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often represents the particle with “behold” or “and behold,” and in 1 Chronicles 28:21 with “See.” In some verses its contribution is not separately evident in the loose, whole-verse translation.