heach · aha

What it means

heach (הֶאָח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “aha”.

A cry of joy or of mockery.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A cry mocking another's misfortune.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Job×1
• Psalms×7
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×3

• Job 39:25

  At every horn he says, ‘Aha!’ and from afar he smells the war, the thunder of the commanders and the acclamation.

• Psalms 35:21

  And they opened wide against me their mouth; they said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it.”

• Psalms 35:25

  Let them not say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

• Psalms 40:15

  Let them be desolate because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

• Psalms 70:3

  Let them turn around because of their shame, those who say, “Aha! Aha!”

• Isaiah 44:16

  Half of it he burns in the fire; over half of it he eats meat; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the blaze!”

• Ezekiel 25:3

  and say to the sons of Ammon: ‘Hear the word of Adonai YHWH! Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because you said, “Aha!” over my sanctuary because it was profaned, and over the ground of Israel because it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah because they went into exile,

• Ezekiel 26:2

  “Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, ‘Aha! Broken are the doors of the peoples; it has turned to me; I will be filled, she is ruined,’

• Ezekiel 36:2

  Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because the enemy said against you, “Aha! And the eternal high places have become a possession for us,”

And 3 more times.