הן

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

Hebrew

Particle

הֵן • (hen)

  1. Lo! also (as expressing surprise) if: - behold, if, lo, though.
    • Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃‎‎
      ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
      kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.
      For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
  2. (formal) yes, yea, aye

Usage notes
  • Due to being the affirmative, it is used as a copula, inflected identically to (and confused with) הִנֵּה‎ (hiné). Although this is in parallel to usage of the negative אֵין‎ (ēn), this is discouraged by the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

Antonyms
  • לַאו‎ (lav)

Derived terms
  • בהן צדק‎
  • מכלל הן אתה שומע לאו‎

Pronoun

הֵן • (hen) f pl

  1. They (feminine).

See also
Hebrew personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person אֲנִי‎ (aní),
אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí)[PP 1]		 אֲנַחְנוּ‎ (anákhnu),
אָנוּ‎ (ánu)[PP 2]
2nd person m אַתָּה‎ (atá) אַתֶּם‎ (atém)
f אַתְּ‎ (at) אַתֶּן‎ (atén)
3rd person m הוּא‎ (hu) הֵם‎ (hem)[PP 3]
f הִיא‎ (hi) הֵן‎ (hen)[PP 3]
  1. The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
  2. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ‎ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ‎ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
  3. In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם‎ (atém) and הֵם‎ (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן‎ (atén) and הֵן‎ (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.

References
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