הֵא

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 1 Mos 49,4, so ᵑ7^Jon ׳הא כ Es 5,28; Es 9,4 + often; ᵑ7^Jer ׳הֵי כ 1 Mos 26,4; 1 Mos 26,18; 1 Mos 26,22 + often; הֵיח Sl 2,9; Sl 5,10; Sl 5,13 +, also pleonastic ׳הֵיח כְּ Sl 22,14; Sl 22,15; Sl 22,17 + often
\ \ b. Palmyrene הֵיח as (Lzb²⁵⁹), as היך בנמוסא as (is) in the law (Cooke³²¹; so ᵑ7^Jer Sl 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 ?).