ha

«ha» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

interjection (ha, ha ha); abbreviation (ha = hectare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won. tree →

2) «Ha ha» written down shows laughing. tree →

3) ha is a short way to write hectare, a unit of land area: 1 ha is 10000 square metres, a square 100 m by 100 m. tree →

sense in the lessons

Almost always a word of the story; rarely «ha» for hectares of land, used for farms, forests and parks. In stories and comics: «Ha!» shows a character laughing or being proud. Phrases: «ha ha», «aha» (when you suddenly understand).

examples

• The Hebrew version of Rabbi Judah Ha Levi concludes with the phrase, ** and said of him. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Thus Gedaliah Ibn Yahya, in his „Slialshelet ha-Kabbalah, says : (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• As is well-known, some old grammarians, among whom was the author of the "Dikduke ha-Teamim"" counted the final letters as separate letters, thus making the total number oi the letters of the alphabet twenty-seven. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. (Writings PSA.22.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth. (Prophets JOS.5.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• As oft as he heareth the horn he saith: 'Ha, ha!' and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. (Writings JOB.39.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• «Ha! I have more marbles,» said Tom. tree →
• A farm of 5 ha. tree →
• Ha, she found 3 more shells. tree →
• «Ha ha, very funny,» said Mia. tree →
• Aha, now I know the answer! tree →
• The forest covers 200 ha. tree →
• «Ha! I win!» shouted my brother. tree →
• The park is about 2 ha, the size of two football fields and a bit more. tree →
• Ha! ha! ha!” he laughed again. tree →

note

A hectare is 10000 square metres. As a laugh it carries no clue. After a number it is hectares, a land area (1 ha = 10 000 square metres); 100 ha make 1 square kilometre. «Ha ha» said in a flat voice can mean the joke was not funny.

In the corpora

• And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.
• For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ha» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.