The meaning of Hena in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

he'-na (hena'; Ana): Named in II Kings 19:13, as one of the cities destroyed by Sennacherib along with Sepharvaim. It does not appear in a similar connection in II Kings 17:24. 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 h-n-' and '-w-h respectively has passed out of mind (compare Psalms 9:6 (7)), for hena' we'iwwah, clearly means 'he has driven away and overturned' (so Targum, Symmachus)." He would drop out h-n-'. Hommel (Expositors Times, IX, 330) thinks that here we have divine names; Hena standing for the Arabic star-name al-han'a, and Ivvah for al-'awwa'u.

See IVAH.

W. Ewing

See more on the meaning of Hena in the Bible:
Hena {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hena {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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