Can anyone explain to me what is meant by the Hebrew word or phrase hajediah or he hajediah? Thanks.

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Andrew

It's simply the term for the use of the letter "He" as a definite article.

More commonly spelled as "Heh Hayediah."

Here's a little discourse on its use:

Morsels of Hebrew Grammar

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Raymond Victor Bottomly
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I should have added that "yediah" is rooted in the word "yod", which means knowledge.

So, the thinking goes, "hayediah" refers to "he that is known." In other words, the particular person or thing you are describing.

I see the term used by John Owen (The Works of John Owen, vol XVIII [Banner of Truth], page 44), where he asserts that the " 'He Hajediah' [He emphatic] is never prefixed unto any proper name, but the man indefinitely of whom he speaks", signifying that the use of "man" (adam) in Genesis 1:26, as it has the definite article prefixing it, refers to mankind, the species, and not Adam the individual.

That's what I glean thanks to Vic's help.

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Thanks very much, Vic and Steve, that was most helpful!