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h_ interj. interrogative particle
interrogative particle
BADan, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA
Dan 6:21↗ הַיְכִל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתָךְ מִן־אַרְיָוָתָא‏ : can He save you from the lions? ; 11QtgJob 31.5=38:28↗ האיתי למטרא אב‏ : does rain have a father? ; 11QtgJob 33.7=39:26↗ המן חכמתך יסתער נצא‏ : does the hawk take wing because of your wisdom? ; TgO Gen3:11↗ הֲמִן אִילָנָא דְפַקֵידתָך בְדִיל דְלָא לְמֵיכַל מִנֵיה אֲכַלתָא‏ : have you eaten from the tree I commanded you not to eat from? ; TN Gen31:14↗ הא עד כדון אית לנא חלק ואחסנא בביתא דאבונן‏ : have we had any portion or inheritance in our father's house until now? ; Marqe 1.1051↗ התדע רוחך דאתה בידי סביל‏ : does your spirit know that you are being carried by me? ; PJ Gen17:17↗ הלבר מאה שנין יהי וולד‏ : can a hundred-year-old man beget a child?
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even if (BH usage)
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Num16:14↗ text not cited ; TN Num16:14 ↗ העיני גברייה האליין תסמי לא אנן סלקין‏ : even if you blind these mens' eyes we are not going up ; PJ Num16:14↗ העיניהון דגוברייא האינון דבארעא ההיא תסנוור‏ : even if you blind the eyes of those men in that land
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In JPATg also as an independent word: הא
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This particle was apparently used in oldest Syriac, however it has been assimilated to hˀ interj. in a few Peshitta passages, e.g., Jud 8:6 Elsewhere, e.g., Gen 3:11, the rendering with hˀ instead of the simple interrogative makes quite a bit of sense..
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 158aJastrow: 327Levy Ch-W: 1:190Tal Sam: 197Qumran: 60

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