BDB2206
I. הֵ֫נָּה49 adverb hither (perhaps from II. הֵן, used δεικτικῶς, with ה - locative, properly lo hitherwards! or perhaps akin to [untranscribed source text 1331], [untranscribed source text 1332], [untranscribed source text 1333] here) —
a. of place: (a) hither Gen 15:16
יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּךְ, Gen 42:15; Gen 45:5 that you have sold me הֵנָּה
hither, Gen 45:8 Gen 45:13; Josh 2:2; Josh 3:9; Josh 18:6; 2Sam 1:10; Isa 57:3
וְאַתֶּם קִרְבוּ הֵנָּה, Jer 31:8; Jer 51:5 +; 1Sam 20:21
מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּךְ from thee and hitherwards, i.e. on this side of thee
(opposed to מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְאָה): repeated 2Kgs 4:35
אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה once hither and once thither
= once to and fro; הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה
hither and thither i.e. in different (or opposite) directions, Josh 8:20; 2Kgs 2:8; 2Kgs 2:14; 1Kgs 20:40 strangely וַיְהִי
עַבְדְּךָ עשֵֹׁה הֵנָּח וָהֵנָּה
literally and thy servant was a doer of hitherwards and thitherwards,
i.e. was engaged in different directions (Ew§ 360, c treats {abbrev
}ה here as the pronoun 3 plural feminine construed irregularly, compare עשֵֹׁה
אֵלֶּה: but read probably with
ᵐ5
ᵑ7
ᵑ6
ᵑ9
Th
Klo
פֹּנֶה
was turning or looking (Exod 2:12) for עשֵֹׁךְ);
עַדהֵֿנָּה
even hither, Num 14:19; 1Sam 7:12; 2Sam 20:16
קְרַב עַדהֵֿנָּה, 2Kgs 8:7, to this point (in a book) Jer 48:47; Jer 51:64 (note of compiler or
scribe). (β) here (compare שָׁמָּה = there
) Gen 21:23
swear to me הֵנָּה
here, Dan 12:5
׳
֗֗֗ הֵנָּה לְ
׳
חֵנָּה לְ
on this side of . . . on that side of . . .
b. of
time, in עַד הֵנָּה
hitherto
Gen 15:16 (with
a negative, = not yet) Gen 44:28; Judg 16:13; Ps 71:17 & until now do I keep declaring thy wonders,
1Chr 9:18; 1Chr 12:9
until now (the point reached in the narrative). In late Hebrew, contracted to
עֲדֶ֫נָה
hitherto, still
Eccl 4:2,
עֲדֶן
Eccl 4:3
אֲשֶׁר עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה = who has not yet been (compare Mishna
עֲדַיִן
hitherto, still, עֲדַיִן לֹא = not yet).