Lexical Summary hennah: hither Original Word: הֵנָּהTransliteration: hennah Phonetic Spelling: (hane'-naw) Part of Speech: Adverb Short Definition: hither Meaning: hither, thither Strong's Concordance here, hitherto, now, on this that side, since, this that way, thitherward, thus far, From hen; hither or thither (but used both of place and time) -- here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, + since, this (that) way, thitherward, + thus far, to...fro, + yet. see HEBREW hen Brown-Driver-Briggs H2008. hennah I. הֵ֫נָּה49 adverb hither (perhaps from II. הֵן, used δεικτικῶς, with ה+?lo hitherwards! or perhaps akin to , , here) — a. of place: (a) hither Genesis 15:16 הֵנָּךְ יָשׁוּבוּ, 42:15; 45:5 that you have sold me הֵנָּה hither, 45:8; 45:13; Joshua 2:2; 3:9; 18:6; 2 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 57:3 הֵנָּה קִרְבוּ וְאַתֶּם, Jeremiah 31:8; 51:5 +; 1 Samuel 20:21 וָהֵנָּךְ מִמְּךָ from thee and hitherwards, i.e. on this side of thee (opposed to וָהָֽלְאָה מִמְּךָ): repeated 2 Kings 4:35 הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה אַחַת once hither and once thither = once to and fro; וָהֵנָּה הֵנָּה hither and thither i.e. in different (or opposite) directions, Joshua 8:20; 2 Kings 2:8, 14; 1 Kings 20:40 strangely וָהֵנָּה הֵנָּח עשֵֹׁה עַבְדְּךָ וַיְהִי literally and thy servant was a doer of hitherwards and thitherwards, i.e. was engaged in different directions (Ew§ 360, c treats {abbrev}ה here as the pronoun 3 plural feminine construed irregularly, compare אֵלֶּה עשֵֹׁה: but read probably with ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵐ5 Th Klo מֹּנֶה was turning or looking (Exodus 2:12) for עשֵֹׁךְ); עַדהֵֿנָּה even hither, Numbers 14:19; 1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 20:16 עַדהֵֿנָּה קְרַב, 2 Kings 8:7, to this point (in a book) Jeremiah 48:47; 51:64 (note of compiler or scribe). (β) here (compare שָׁמָּה = there) Genesis 21:23 swear to me הֵנָּה here, Daniel 12:5 לְ ׳חֵנָּה לְ הֵנָּה ׳֗֗֗ on this side of . . . on that side of . . . b. of time, in הֵנָּה עַד hitherto Genesis 15:16 (with a negative, = not yet) 44:28; Judges 16:13; Psalm 71:17 & until now do I keep declaring thy wonders, 1 Chronicles 9:18; 12:9 until now (the point reached in the narrative). In late Hebrew, contracted to עֲדֶ֫נָה hitherto, still Ecclesiastes 4:2, עֲדֶן 4:3 הָיָה לֹא עֲדֶן אֲשֶׁר = who has not yet been (compare Mishna עֲדַיִן hitherto, still, לֹא עֲדַיִן = not yet). |
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