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hē´na (×”× ×¢, heÌ„na‛; ἈναÌ, AnaÌ): Named in , as one of the cities destroyed by Sennacherib along with Sepharvaim. It does not appear in a similar connection in . The text is probably corrupt. No reasonable identification has been proposed. Cheyne (Encyclopaedia Biblica, under the word) says of the phrase “Hena and Ivah†that “underlying this is a witty editorial suggestion that the existence of cities called ×”× ×¢ and עוה respectively has passed out of mind (compare (7)), for ×”× ×¢ ועוּה, heÌ„na‛ we‛iwwaÌ„h, clearly means 'he has driven away and overturned' (so Targum, Symmachus).†He would drop out ×”× ×¢. Hommel (Expository Times, IX, 330) thinks that here we have divine names; Hena standing for the Arabic star-name al-han‛a, and Ivvah for al-‛awwaÌ„'u. See IVAH.