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hˀ (hā) interj. here! look!
1
here, look! (presentative particle)
Common Aramaic
Dan 3:25↗ הָא־אֲנָה חָזֵה גֻּבְרִין אַרְבְּעָה‏ ; 4QTob b4.1.16=06:11↗ הא אנה‏ : here I am! ; 4QEne4.1.16↗ והא מרזבין שבעה שפכין‏ : there were seven spouts pouring ; P 2K1:18↗ ܗܐ ܟܬܝܒܝܢ ܒܣܦܪ ܕܒܪܝܡܝܢ ܕܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ‏ ; Js 2:4↗ ܠܵܐ ܗܵܐ ܐܸܬ݂ܦ݁ܲܠܲܓ݂ܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ ܠܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܒ݁ܢܲܦ݂ܫܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ‏ ; BT Yev 120b(14)↗ הא מיחיא לא חאיי‏ : he will certainly, in fact, not live ; BT BM 16a(37)↗ הא גברא והא תיובתא‏ : here is the man and here is the objection
(1)
now then
Common Aramaic
(1)
+ participle as an indicator of the imminent future
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 11.16↗ והא אנה יה̇ב̇ לך ולבניך‏ : so now I am going to give you and your children ; TgO Gen6:17↗ הָא אֲנָא מֵיתֵי יָת טוֹפָנָא מַיָא עַל ארעא‏ : I am about to bring the Deluge upon the earth ; SamTgJ Num14:40↗ הנן סלקין לאתרה דאמר יהוה‏ : we are going to go up to the place that the Lord said ; P Gn24:43↗ ܗܐ ܐܢܐ ܩܐܡ ܐܢܐ ܥܠ ܒܪܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܐ‏ : I am going to go and position myself at the well
(2)
האנא, הא אנא : here I am
JLAtg, CPA, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen22:7↗ הָאֲנָא בְרִי‏ ; SamTgJ Gen22:1↗ אהנה‏ ; PJ Gen22:7↗ text not cited
2
here (adv.)
Common Aramaic
TAD B3.5 R.5↗ והא משחת ביתא זך‏ : here are the dimensions of that house ; SamTgJ Gen12:19↗ כדו אה אתתך סב ואזל‏ : now here is your wife; take her and go ; OS MtCur12:49↗ ܗܐ ܐܡܝ ܘܗܐ ܐ̈ܚܝ‏ : here is my mother and here are my brothers
(1)
up until now
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 22.27↗ הא עשר שנין שלמא מן יום די נפקתה מן חרן‏ : ten years now have been completed since the day you left Harran ; OS MtCur19:20↗ ܗܐ ܡܢ ܕܛܠܐ ܐܢܐ‏ : since I was young ; P 1K(1)21:19↗ ܗܐ ܩܛܠܬ܃ ܘܗܐ ܝܪܬܬ‏ ; P Job1:8↗ ܗܐ ܣܡܬ ܠܒܟ‏
(2)
ܠܐ ܗܐ : is it not?
Syr
P Mt6:25↗ ܠܵܐ ܗܵܐ ܢܲܦ݂ܫܵܐ ܝܲܬܼ݁ܝܪܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܣܲܝܒ̇ܵܪܬ̇ܵܐ‏ : now then is life not more than just food? ; Rom2:26↗ ܠܵܐ ܗܵܐ ܡܸܬ݂ܚܲܫܒ̇ܵܐ ܠܵܗ ܓ݁ܙܘ݂ܪܬ̇ܵܐ‏ : is it not considered as a circumcision?
(3)
ܘܗܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܗܐ : whether here or there
Syr
Chran1 305:14↗ ܒܣܒܪܐ ܘܗܐ ܝܘܡܢ܃ ܘܗܐ ܠܡܪ܃ ܡܫܠܡܝܢ ܠܗ݀ ܪܘ̈ܡܝܐ ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ‏ : thinking that whether it is today or it is tomorrow, the Romans are giving up the city
3
הא כ : like, i.e. = prep. hyk , q.v.
JLAtg
TgJ Hab3:1↗ וִיהוֹן כָל חוֹבֵיהוֹן דְחָבוּ קְֹדָמוֹהִי הָא כְשָלְוָתָא‏ : all the sins they committed before Him shall be like inadvertent errors
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Sam. הא; אה ; in JLA; LJLA הא אנה also written האנה and הנה
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See note s.v. h_ interj.
The suggestion that this word means "since" in LS2 is yet another somewhat astounding example of poor lexicography. The entire phrase ܗܐ ܡܢ ܕ means "now since" to be sure, but the "since" part comes from ܡܢ ܕ not from ܗܐ, while our word still means what it means.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 327[169]DJPA: 158aDJBA: 357aJastrow: 328Drower/Macuch: 115aPayne-Smith: 959J. Payne-Smith: 98Levy Ch-W: 1:190Tal Sam: 198DNWSI: 267DCPA[Schulthess]: 95[48]

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