Monday, April 24, 2023

The function of הנה

Bar-Efrat points out that a significant function of the Hebrew term הנה (behold), especially after a verb of seeing, is to point out that the scene is being viewed from the perspective of one of the characters (35–36).—Judging the Judges, 31

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I'm too lazy to type in the Bar-Efrat reference; you'll have to either buy the book, access it through JSTOR, or borrow it from a library. Or just accept it on Mary Conway's word : )
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