הן

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הן^¹

/hin/

Rhymes with -en

particle הֵן · hen

lo! as expressing surprise: behold, if, lo, though כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
formal yes, yea, aye
as well as

Opposite: לַאו

הן^²

/hin/
/in.na/
[ˈʔin.næˑ]
/ˈheːn/
[ˈheː.en]
/ˈhen/
[ˈheːn]
/hen/ Persian
/hen/
/hejn/
/(h)en/ Modern Israeli

Rhymes with -em

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šin. Cognate with Arabic هُنَّ (hunna). The central sense is “they”; other senses are by extension.

pronoun הֵן · hen

they (feminine)

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particle

Opposite: לַאו

In English

be used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective
yes word used to indicate agreement or acceptance
they third-person plural pronoun

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"הן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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הן. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%9F

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"הן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%9F.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {הן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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