"הן" meaning in Hebrew

See הן in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /hin/ [Biblical-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-הן.wav Forms: הֵן [canonical], hen [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|he|particle|head=הֵן|tr=hen}} הֵן • (hen)
  1. Lo! also (as expressing surprise) if: - behold, if, lo, though.
    Sense id: en-הן-he-particle-I0io3Xjg Categories (other): Hebrew particles Disambiguation of Hebrew particles: 21 53 26
  2. (formal) yes, yea, aye Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-הן-he-particle-P5aPnqU~ Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew particles, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 26 47 6 22 Disambiguation of Hebrew particles: 21 53 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 46 11 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 76 5 5
  3. as well as
    Sense id: en-הן-he-particle-NAbiXVta Categories (other): Hebrew particles Disambiguation of Hebrew particles: 21 53 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: בהן צדק, מכלל הן אתה שומע לאו
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /hin/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /in.na/ (note: Samaritan Hebrew), [ˈʔin.næˑ] (note: Samaritan Hebrew), /ˈheːn/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], [ˈheː.en] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈhen/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], [ˈheːn] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /hen/ [Hebrew, Persian], /hen/ [Iraqi-Hebrew], /hen/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /hejn/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /(h)en/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-הם.wav Forms: הֵן [canonical], hen [romanization]
Rhymes: -em Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šin. Cognate with Arabic هُنَّ (hunna). The central sense is “they”; other senses are by extension. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*šin|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Semitic *šin, {{inh+|he|sem-pro|*šin}} Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šin, {{cog|ar|هُنَّ}} Arabic هُنَّ (hunna) Head templates: {{he-pron|g=f-p|tr=hen|wv=הֵן}} הֵן • (hen) f pl
  1. They (feminine).
    Sense id: en-הן-he-pron-H5T77BSJ Categories (other): Hebrew personal pronouns, Hebrew pronouns Disambiguation of Hebrew personal pronouns: 10 25 12 53 Disambiguation of Hebrew pronouns: 6 14 7 74 Related terms: אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי (anokhí), אָנֹכִי (anokhí), אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu), אַתָּה (atá), אַתֶּם (atém), אַתְּ (english: at), אַתֶּן (atén), הוּא (hu), הֵם (english: hem), הִיא (english: hi), הֵן (english: hen)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "word": "אָנוּ"
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          "word": "אַתָּה"
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          "word": "אַתֶּם"
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      "ipa": "/ˈheːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈheː.en]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈheːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hen/",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hen/",
      "tags": [
        "Iraqi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hen/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hejn/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-הם.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%94%D7%9D.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%94%D7%9D.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/32/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%94%D7%9D.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%94%D7%9D.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-em"
    }
  ],
  "word": "הן"
}

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