Samuel_Kim_en_uhg/content/particle_interjection.rst

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Particle Interjection
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Summary
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An interjection is an auxiliary word that expresses strong emotion.

Article
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As in many other languages, interjections in Biblical Hebrew are most
likely "natural sounds", i.e. vocal gestures or sounds that a person
utters when experiencing certain emotions. Interjections can be used to
express both positive and negative emotions; but in the Hebrew Bible, it
is usually some kind of sadness. There is a whole family of
interjections in Biblical Hebrew, and none of them occur very
frequently.

הָהּ or אֲהָהּ
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-  EZE 30:2 –– expressing strong fear or anger

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  הֵילִ֖ילוּ **הָ֥הּ** לַיֹּֽום׃
  helilu **hah** layyowm
  Wail **ah** to-the-day!
  "Wail, ""**Woe** is the coming day."""

הוֹ
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-  AMO 5:16 –– expressing strong sadness or lament

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  וּבְכָל־חוּצֹ֖ות יֹאמְר֣וּ הֹו־הֹ֑ו
  uvekhol-hutsowth yomeru **how-how**
  and-in-all\_outside they-wil-say **woe\_woe**
  "and they will say in all the streets, ""**Woe! Woe!**"""

הֶאָח
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-  EZE 26:2 –– expressing strong joy or gloating

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  הֶאָ֔ח נִשְׁבְּרָ֛ה דַּלְתֹ֥ות הָעַמִּ֖ים
  **he'ah** nishberah dalthowth ha'ammim
  **Aha!** Broken doors-of the-people!
  **Aha!** The gates of the people are broken!

אָנָּא
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This term can potentially function as an interjection, an :ref:`particle_exhortation`,
or perhaps both.

-  EXO 32:31

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  אָ֣נָּ֗א חָטָ֞א הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֔ה
  **'onna** hata ha'am hazzeh hata'ah gedolah
  **Oh** it-has-sinned the-people the-this sin great
  "**Oh**, these people have committed a great sin"