הָא demonstrative particle lo! behold! (Biblical Hebrew הֵא (twice); Egyptian Aramaic and Têma הא (Cooke^{193, 198}); ᵑ7 הָא; Syriac ; Mandean הא (Nö^{M 81}); Arabic in Aramaic also often prefixed to pronoun 3 person for greater definiteness, as ᵑ7 הָהוּא, (for h¹-h¥), see Nö^{M 89 f.} W^{CG 106 f.}), Daniel 3:25.

הֵא demonstrative particle, prefixed idiomatically to כְּ for greater definiteness, literally behold like (Biblical Hebrew הֵא, see הָא above), only in הֵאכְּֿ דִי Daniel 2:43 הֵאכְּֿ דִי פַרְזְלָא לָא מִתְעָרַב like as iron doth not mingle with clay (compare

a. ᵑ7^Onk הָא כְמַיָּא Genesis 49:4, so ᵑ7^Jon ׳הא כ Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 9:4 + often; ᵑ7^Jer ׳הֵי כ Genesis 26:4,18,22 + often; הֵיח Psalm 2:9; Psalm 5:10; Psalm 5:13 +, also pleonastic ׳הֵיח כְּ Psalm 22:14; Psalm 22:15; Psalm 22:17 #NAME?

b. Palmyrene הֵיח as (Lzb²⁵⁹), as היך בנמוסא as (is) in the law (Cooke³²¹; so ᵑ7^Jer Psalm 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 ?).