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# הֲ

Biblical Aramaic

**interrogative particle** — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

interrogative particle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֲ: interrog. part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** interrog. part. (BH הֲ, q.v.: 𝔗 הֲ; not Syriac: on the vocal., v. K§ 67, 2);—Dn 2:26 הַאִיתָיךְ art thou …? 3:14 הַצְדָּא (Baer Gi; edd. הַצְדָא), 6:21 הַיְכִל can he …? הֲלָא nonne? †3:24; 4:27; 6:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (3).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.27/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר הֲלָ֥א דָא־הִ֖יא בָּבֶ֣ל רַבְּתָ֑א דִּֽי־אֲנָ֤ה בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית מַלְכ֔וּ בִּתְקַ֥ף חִסְנִ֖י וְלִיקָ֥ר הַדְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying not? \[is\].this it Babylon (the) great which I I built.it to a.house of.a.kingdom by the.strength of my.power and for the.honor of my.majesty

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?'

[Daniel 3:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.24/#tree)

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֔א תְּוַ֖הּ וְקָ֣ם בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה עָנֵ֨ה וְאָמַ֜ר לְהַדָּֽבְר֗וֹהִי הֲלָא֩ גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א רְמֵ֤ינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא֙ מְכַפְּתִ֔ין עָנַ֤יִן וְאָמְרִין֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א יַצִּיבָ֖א מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Nebuchadnezzar the king he.was.alarmed and he.arose in haste \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying to counselors his not? men three did.we.throw to the.midst of the.fire bound \[they.were\].replying and \[they.were\].saying to the king certain O king

*JPS 1917:* Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was alarmed, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his ministers: 'Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?' They answered and said unto the king: 'True, O king.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b2/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).