הֶאָחheʼâch
(onomatopoetic) expressing joy, Aha! always introduced by אָמַר (Isaiah 44:16; Psalms 35:21; Psalms 35:25; Psalms 40:16; Psalms 70:4)
Pronunciation: heh-awkh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1889
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Job 39:25 It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle.
- Psalms 35:21 They shout, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
- Psalms 35:25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!”
- Psalms 40:15 Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
- Psalms 70:3 Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
- Isaiah 44:16 He burns part of the tree to roast his meat and to keep himself warm. He says, “Ah, that fire feels good.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).