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# הַ

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_5b7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֲ: interrog. part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7/#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.

### Jastrow 1903

הַ־: is it not?, behold, indeed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h.) an interrogative prefix. Targ. O. Gen. IV, 9; a. e.—With לא, הֲלָא ch. (= b. h. הֲלֹא) is it not?, behold, indeed. Targ. Gen. IV, 7; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (2); was (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying to Daniel who name his \[was\].Belteshazzar there \[are\].you? able to make known.to.me the dream which I.saw and interpretation its

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?'

[Daniel 3:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.14/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְה֔וֹן הַצְדָּ֕א שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ לֵֽאלָהַ֗י לָ֤א אִֽיתֵיכוֹן֙ פָּֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימֶת לָ֥א סָֽגְדִֽין׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Nebuchadnezzar and.\[was\] saying to them purpose? O.Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego to gods my not there you \[are\].paying.reverence and to the.image of.(the) gold which I.have.set.up not \[you.are\].paying.homage

*JPS 1917:* Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them: 'Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7/): 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).