הֵנָּה

Genesis 6:2 הֵ֑נָּה they

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Here: 'They' (the women). The order 'that good they were' puts the stress on 'good'.

Genesis 21:29 הֵ֗נָּה [are] they

and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

Genesis 33:6 הֵ֥נָּה they

Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

Genesis 41:26 הֵ֔נָּה הֵ֑נָּה they

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

Genesis 41:27 הֵ֔נָּה they

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

Exodus 1:19 הֵ֔נָּה they

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

Exodus 9:32 הֵֽנָּה׃ they

but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

Exodus 39:14 הֵ֛נָּה they

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Leviticus 18:10 הֵֽנָּה׃ ס they

You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.

Leviticus 18:17 הֵ֖נָּה they

You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

Numbers 31:16 הֵ֜נָּה they

“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

Here: An emphatic 'they', feminine plural. It points back to 'every female' the soldiers spared in v.15. The stress falls on 'these very women'.

Deuteronomy 20:15 הֵֽנָּה׃ they

This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.

Judges 19:12 הֵ֑נָּה they

But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

1 Samuel 17:28 הָהֵ֙נָּה֙ <the> those

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

Here: "Those" sheep. It points away from here, back to the place where Eliab thinks David should have stayed.

1 Samuel 27:8 הֵ֜נָּה they

Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

Here: A feminine "they," though the three peoples are named with masculine forms. It may treat the populations or settlements as a feminine collective, but the mismatch is one of the verse's small puzzles.

2 Samuel 4:6 וְ֠הֵנָּה and they [fem]

They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

Proverbs 6:16 הֵ֭נָּה those

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

Here: A pronoun, 'they/these', that points ahead to the list in verses 17–19 and works almost like 'are': 'six are they that YHWH hates.' The feminine is Hebrew's normal way of speaking about abstract 'things'. KJV's 'these six' and BSB's 'there are six' both catch its function.

Proverbs 30:15 הֵ֭נָּה they

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

Here: "They are." The feminine pronoun points ahead to the list in verse 16 and makes the insatiable things a set.

Isaiah 41:22 הֵ֗נָּה [were] they

“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

Here: 'They are / were.' Hebrew needs no verb here. The question can look back ('what were they?') or ask what they amount to.

Isaiah 51:19 הֵ֙נָּה֙ they

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Jeremiah 34:7 הֵ֗נָּה they

as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

Jeremiah 38:22 וְהֵ֣נָּה and they

All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

Ezekiel 18:4 הֵ֔נָּה הֵ֑נָּה they

Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Here: A feminine plural pronoun because nephesh is a feminine noun in Hebrew. It closes the clause: 'mine, they are.'

Ezekiel 23:45 הֵ֔נָּה they

But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

Ezekiel 30:17 וְהֵ֖נָּה and they [fem]

The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity.

Ezekiel 42:6 הֵ֔נָּה they

For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

Ezekiel 42:13 הֵ֣נָּה׀ they

Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

Here: Points back to the chambers for emphasis: "these, they are...". It marks the start of the official definition.

Ezekiel 42:14 הֵ֑נָּה they

Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”