הֵ֫נָּה

Genesis 15:16 הֵ֑נָּה הֵֽנָּה׃ hither, now

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Here: A word of place: 'to here', meaning this very land where Abraham is standing, Canaan. The major pause mark in the verse falls on it and closes the first half.

Genesis 21:23 הֵ֔נָּה here

Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

Genesis 42:15 הֵֽנָּה׃ here

And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 44:28 הֵֽנָּה׃ now

When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.

Genesis 45:5 הֵ֑נָּה hither

And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

Here: "To here," meaning Egypt, the very place where the brothers now stand begging for grain.

Genesis 45:8 הֵ֔נָּה hither

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:13 הֵֽנָּה׃ hither

Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”

Numbers 14:19 הֵֽנָּה׃ now

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

Here: The word usually means 'to here.' It works in both senses at once: from Egypt all the way to this spot at Kadesh, and from then until now.

Joshua 2:2 הֵ֧נָּה hither

And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

Joshua 3:9 הֵ֔נָּה hither

So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”

Here: "To this place," meaning toward Joshua. It makes the command vivid: physically gather to where the word is being spoken.

Joshua 8:20 הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֑נָּה hither, and hither

When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.

Here: "This way".

Joshua 18:6 הֵ֑נָּה hither

When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.

Judges 16:2 הֵ֔נָּה here

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Judges 16:13 הֵ֜נָּה now

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

1 Samuel 1:16 הֵֽנָּה׃ now

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

1 Samuel 7:12 הֵ֖נָּה now

Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

Here: Basically “to here, hither”, a word of place. With ʿad it can mean “to this point”, whether up to this place or up to this time. Verse 11 has just described a pursuit that ran out from Mizpah, so “as far as here” fits the spot well, and the phrase also reaches over the whole time of trouble up to now.

1 Samuel 20:21 וָהֵ֗נָּה and hither

Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

Here: 'And this way', back toward the speaker. 'From you and this way' means the arrows lie between the boy and Jonathan, short of where the boy ran. Verse 22's opposite, 'from you and beyond', means they flew past him.

2 Samuel 1:10 הֵֽנָּה׃ here

So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

2 Samuel 5:6 הֵ֔נָּה הֵֽנָּה׃ here

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

2 Samuel 14:32 הֵ֠נָּה here

“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

2 Samuel 20:16 הֵ֔נָּה here

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

1 Kings 20:40 הֵ֛נָּה וָהֵ֖נָּה <of> them, and them

But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”

2 Kings 2:8 הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֑נָּה hither, and hither

And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

2 Kings 2:14 הֵ֣נָּה וָהֵ֔נָּה hither, and hither

Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

Here: With the next word it paints the water going two ways. It is the same phrase as verse 8.

2 Kings 4:35 הֵ֙נָּה֙ הֵ֔נָּה hither

Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

2 Kings 8:7 הֵֽנָּה׃ here

Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

1 Chronicles 9:18 הֵ֔נָּה now

he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

1 Chronicles 11:5 הֵ֑נָּה here

The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

Here: 'To here', the direction of motion toward the speakers. It is pointed: this place, our stronghold.

1 Chronicles 12:29 הֵ֙נָּה֙ now

From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

2 Chronicles 28:13 הֵ֔נָּה here

“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”

Psalm 71:17 הֵ֝֗נָּה now

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

Here: Literally 'hither, to here.' It is a word of place used for time, so 'up to here' means 'up to now, to this day' (compare Gen 15:16; 1 Sam 1:16). The speaker stands at the present end of a long road and looks back down it.

Proverbs 9:4 הֵ֑נָּה here

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Here: "To here," meaning into Wisdom's house, which she has just built and stocked for a feast (9:1–2). It points to the place: come this way, to me.

Proverbs 9:16 הֵ֑נָּה here

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 25:7 הֵ֥נָּה here

for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

Here: “Over here,” meaning toward the speaker. The one who invites you up is the one at the place of honour.

Isaiah 57:3 הֵ֖נָּה hither

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Here: 'Over here!' It makes the summons pointed and urgent, as if calling the accused to stand in the dock.

Jeremiah 31:8 הֵֽנָּה׃ hither

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Here: "Here." Toward where the speaker stands, meaning the land and Zion. The prophecy is spoken from the homeland, looking out toward the returning exiles.

Jeremiah 48:47 הֵ֖נָּה here

Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

Here: 'Here'. 'Up to here' is a scribe's or editor's way of saying 'this is where it ends', like the closing note in Jeremiah 51:64.

Jeremiah 50:5 הֵ֣נָּה hither

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Here: 'This way, to here.' The speaker talks as if standing in Zion, watching the returning exiles' faces turned toward him. English 'toward it' or 'thitherward' loses that point of view.

Jeremiah 51:64 הֵ֖נָּה here

Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

Ezekiel 40:4 הֵ֑נָּה hither

“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”

Here: To this place: the very high mountain in the land of Israel and the gate of the visionary temple complex.

Daniel 12:5 הֵ֙נָּה֙ הֵ֖נָּה here

Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.