ה־
עברית
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ה־¹
- /ha/ Modern Israeli, usually
- /he/ Modern Israeli, sometimes
Where it comes from
Possibly akin to Arabic هَا (hā) and هٰذَا (hāḏā, “this”); Rubin posits a connection Akkadian 𒀭𒉡𒌝 (annûm, “this”); the final ־נ (-n) in הַנ־* (*han-) would've been assimilated to the first syllable of consonant-initial words; this form would then be generalised to vowel-initial words as well.
Compare Arabic اَل (al-), the standardized Arabic definite article, which is of largely disputed etymology, and זה (definite הזה).
article הַ־ · ha-
- The. הוא מגיע לכתה עוד מעט.
- This: the current or adjacent; used especially with nouns denoting periods of time, and especially יוֹם (yom, “day”). היום (hayóm, “today”)
ה־²
- /ha/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Compare Arabic أَ (ʔa) (also its purported dialectal, and now obsoleted, variant, هَ (ha)) and Arabic هَلْ (hal).
particle הֲ־ · ha-
- An interrogative particle, introducing a yes-no question. הֲשָׁמַעְתָּ?
In English
- the article
Talk about this word "ה־." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D6%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. ה־. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D6%BE "ה־." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D6%BE.Cite this
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title = {ה־},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D6%BE},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
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