# \*hn 'behold; here' 1, 'this' 2

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: here, behold; this
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/h/3482_behold_here_1_this_2.md

## In Linear A

- [I-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA/index.md>) (hinna): behold! (presentative particle)
- [I-NA-JA-PA-QA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA-JA-PA-QA/index.md>) (hinna yapqaḥ): Behold, he opens (his eyes)!—theophanic epiphany closure
- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā): and behold (contracted conjunction + h-n presentative)
- [U-NA-A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-A/index.md>) (wannā(h) / winnā(h)): and here, hither

## 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).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: annānum 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)
- Eblaitic: i-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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: hēn 1 (HALOT 251); hinnēh 1 (HALOT 252); hēnnâ 1 (HALOT 251) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: hn, 1 (DULAT 337–338); hnd 2 (DULAT 339; SEDonline 60) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: hn 1 (HALOT 251); hn, hny 1 (Krahmalkov 160; T 82) (gloss withheld)
- Canaanite: annū 1 (HALOT 252) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: Ancient Aramaic hn 1 (T 82); hnh 1 (DNWSI 289) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: hen; Neo-Punic hn, ʾn 1 (Krahmalkov 160); Neo-Punic hnkt, innochoth 1 (Krahmalkov 161; T 83) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: hānnā 2 (LSyr. 178, SL 346 apud SEDonline 60) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʾinna 1 (HALOT 251); hunā 1 (HALOT 251; Krahmalkov 160) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic hn 1 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 78) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ʾn 1 (Biella 22) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: na, nā 1 (HALOT 252); nāhu, naya 1 (LGz. 380) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: ənnäzzih 2 (AED 1227 apud SEDonline 60) (gloss withheld)
- East Ethiopic: Wol. annä 2 (EDG 54 apud SEDonline 60) (gloss withheld)

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