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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