Heach הֶאָח

Heach (Hebrew הֶאָח, Strong's H1889) is a Hebrew interjection meaning “Aha!”. It occurs 12 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Heach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 39:25
  He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Psalms

• Psalm 35:21
  Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
• Psalm 35:25
  Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
• Psalm 40:15
  Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
• Psalm 70:3
  Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 44:16
  He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 25:3
  And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
• Ezekiel 26:2
  Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
• Ezekiel 36:2
  Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).