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THE USE OF HEN IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES' by D. M. STEC Manchester The word he-n occurs some 100 times in the Hebrew portions of the Old Testament. It normally occurs as a demonstrative adverb or interjective particle which calls attention to the word or phrase which it precedes, and may be translated "behold" or "lo". As such, it is a shorter form of the more common word of the same meaning, hinneh. The word hen also, apparently, occurs in some places as a conditional particle with the meaning of "if". It is, how- ever, a matter of some dispute precisely where this word is used in the latter sense , though the following may be listed: Exod. iv 1, viii 22; Lev. xxv 20; Deut. xxxi 27; Isa liv 15; Jer. iii 1; Hag. ii 12; Job iv 18, ix 11, 12, xii 14, 15, xiii 15, xv 15, xix 7, xxiii 8, xxv 5, xl 23; Prov. xi 31; 2 Chr. vii 13, 13. Nor is there any agreement on how the word hen, meaning "if", is to be classified. It has been regarded as: (a) An Aramaism,3 since hen coincides in form with the usual condi- tional
Vetus Testamentum – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1987
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