Strong’s H1888 · Hebrew
הֵא
hêʼ
hay
Definition
{lo!}
Etymology
(Aramaic) or הָא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1887 (הֵא)
Where the KJV renders it
- even
- lo
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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