Proto-Semitic root
*hn
‘behold; here’ 1, ‘this’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: here, behold; this
Record 3482 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A4 entries
Notes
HALOT 251: Aramaic hn, later ʾn ‘if’, rarely ‘behold’. Arabic ʾinna and Geez na- lack h-; LGz. 380 joins them. DULAT 337–338 gives Ug. hn both functions, and HALOT 251 refers I הֵנָּה to הֵן. CAD A/2 131 refers annānum to annû. Neo-Punic hnkt is hn + kt (Krahmalkov 161); T 83 compares Akkadian annakam. PS *hanni- ‘(deictic element)’ (Tropper 2001a: 17; Kogan 2015: 35 apud SEDonline 60). Ug. hnd is hn + d (DULAT 339).
Reflexes15 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianannānum 1 (CAD A/2 131)annakam 1 (CAD A/2 126)annikīʾam 1 (CAD A/2 132)annu 1 (CAD A/2 134)anummē (anummamē) 1 (CAD A/2 149)anummiš 1 (CAD A/2 149)annû 2 (CAD A/2 136; AHw. 53 apud SEDonline 60)anummû 2 (CAD A/2 149)gloss withheld
- Eblaitici-na-a /hinnay/ 1 (ARET 13, 1 obv. xii 1–6, rev. ix 2–11; Kogan 2025, 9 n. 22, after Arkhipov–Kogan 2025, 6–7)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic7
- Hebrewhēn 1 (HALOT 251)hinnēh 1 (HALOT 252)hēnnâ 1 (HALOT 251)gloss withheld
- Ugaritichn, 1 (DULAT 337–338)hnd 2 (DULAT 339; SEDonline 60)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianhn 1 (HALOT 251)hn, hny 1 (Krahmalkov 160; T 82)gloss withheld
- Canaaniteannū 1 (HALOT 252)gloss withheld
- AramaicAncient Aramaic hn 1 (T 82)hnh 1 (DNWSI 289)gloss withheld
- PunichenNeo-Punic hn, ʾn 1 (Krahmalkov 160)Neo-Punic hnkt, innochoth 1 (Krahmalkov 161; T 83)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaichānnā 2 (LSyr. 178, SL 346 apud SEDonline 60)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicʾinna 1 (HALOT 251)hunā 1 (HALOT 251; Krahmalkov 160)gloss withheld
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic hn 1 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 78)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab ʾn 1 (Biella 22)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3
- Geezna, nā 1 (HALOT 252)nāhu, naya 1 (LGz. 380)gloss withheld
- Amharicənnäzzih 2 (AED 1227 apud SEDonline 60)gloss withheld
- East EthiopicWol. annä 2 (EDG 54 apud SEDonline 60)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.