BDB9465 [H1888 H1887 H1983]

הֵא demonstrative particle, prefixed idiomatically to כְּ for greater definiteness, literally behold like (Biblical Hebrew הֵא, see הָא above), only in הֵאכְּֿ דִי Dan 2:43 הֵאכְּֿ דִי פַרְזְלָא לָא מִתְעָרַב like as iron doth not mingle with clay (compare
\ \ a. ᵑ7^Onk הָא כְמַיָּא Gen 49:4, so ᵑ7^Jon ׳הא כ Isa 5:28; Isa 9:4 + often; ᵑ7^Jer ׳הֵי כ Gen 26:4; Gen 26:18; Gen 26:22 + often; הֵיח Ps 2:9; Ps 5:10; Ps 5:13 +, also pleonastic ׳הֵיח כְּ Ps 22:14; Ps 22:15; Ps 22:17 + often
\ \ b. Palmyrene הֵיח as (Lzb²⁵⁹), as היך בנמוסא as (is) in the law (Cooke³²¹; so ᵑ7^Jer Ps 2:9, etc.), הֵיח דִּי conjecture (like Daniel הֵא כְּ דִי: = Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר), as היך די גבא like as he levied, Cooke^{Tariff ii. b 12. 18, c 14. 17. 21. 26} [ᵑ7^{Onk Jon} for כַּאֲשֶׁר have ׳כְּמָא דְ, ᵑ7^Jer ׳הֵיכְמָא דְ, ᵑ6. ]. It is dubious whether הֵא כְּ דִי belongs to a (notice especially ᵑ7^Jon) or b: Schulth^{ZAW 1902, 164 f.} to
\ \ b. reading הֵאח דִּי (but א rare and late: D (2) § 45. 1); Nes^{OLtz. 1892, 488} from הֵיח (see Biblical Hebrew) how ?).

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