I-NA

behold! (presentative particle)

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Reading
hinna
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*hn ‘behold’
Kind
Particle
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hebrewהִנֵּהhinnēhhinnēh (הִנֵּה) ‘behold’ (HALOT 252); hēn (הֵן) ‘behold’ (HALOT 251)
  • Ugaritic𐎅𐎐hnhn ‘behold!’ (DULAT 337)
  • Eblaitei-na, in-na, en-ma ‘behold’ (GlOS 1, 218)
  • Arabicإنّʾinnaʾinna (إنّ) ‘look’ (HALOT 251)

Attestations2 cited

  1. PK Za 113DI-PI-NA-MI-NA SI-RU-[?] I-NA-JA-PA-QA
  2. AP Za 23D]PI-MI-NA-TE I-NA-JA-RE-TA[ ]QA

Commentary

PK Za 11 I-NA-JA-PA-QA, the close of the prayer, and AP Za 2 I-NA-JA-RE-TA[: hinna ‘behold!’, the bare counterpart of U-NA u=hinna, written as one word with what it presents. Heb. hēn, hinnē ‘behold’ (HALOT 251–252), Ug. hn ‘behold!; here’ (DULAT 337). Rival: Akk. ina ‘in, when’, in suitable contexts. Two attestations. See I-NA-JA-PA-QA and I-NA-JA-RE-TA.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far (a cited inscription is modelled, but its transcription has the word broken or spelled differently).

Linear A Lexicon