הִנֵּה
hinnêh · hin-nay'
lo!
Lexicon
Derivation: prolongation for H2005 (הֵן);
lo!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: behold, lo, see.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To reveal, behold of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הִנֵּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
843 occurrences · 843 OT · 0 NT · 62 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- behold5 · 29%
- and, lo3 · 18%
- and, behold2 · 12%
- lo2 · 12%
- unto her, behold1 · 6%
- unto him, see1 · 6%
- and now, behold, we1 · 6%
- here am i1 · 6%
- for, behold1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.