# About that ἥ in Hebrews 9:2

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**Author:** ![Mitch](https://www.textkit.com/user_avatar/www.textkit.com/mitch/32/222_2.png) [@Mitch](https://www.textkit.com/u/Mitch)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-that-in-hebrews-9-2/30914/1 "2025-09-17T12:18:23Z")

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σκηνὴ γὰρ κατεσκευάσθη· ἡ πρώτη ἐν ᾗ ἥ τε λυχνία καὶ ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν  
ἄρτων, ἥτις λέγεται Ἅγια…

Is the ἥ here the possessive pronoun adjective? i.e. “For a tent was prepared, the first one, in which [was] **its** lampstand and table and etc.”

Thanks!  
–Mitch

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**Author:** ![Hylander](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@Hylander](https://www.textkit.com/u/Hylander)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-that-in-hebrews-9-2/30914/2 "2025-09-17T14:42:08Z")

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No, it’s just the article modifying λυχνία. Though it’s normally proclitic, ἥ here has an acute accent because it’s followed by the enclitic particle τε.

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**Author:** ![Mitch](https://www.textkit.com/user_avatar/www.textkit.com/mitch/32/222_2.png) [@Mitch](https://www.textkit.com/u/Mitch)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-that-in-hebrews-9-2/30914/3 "2025-09-17T16:34:38Z")

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Ah thanks, guess I need to review the chapter on accents again 🙂