1 Kings 20:32:191 Kgs.20.32.W19TAB

הֽוּא׃

hu

he

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
he

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-KHI HU

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU

  4. sentence

    va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU

Exegesis

The king’s question ha-odenu chai achi hu {הַעוֹדֶנּוּ חַי אָחִי הֽוּא | ha-ʿō-ḏe-nû ḥay ʾā-ḥî hūʾ} uses parallelism to highlight unexpected kinship and restoration.

In context1 Kings 20:32

And they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 20:32:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 20:32, so the Hebrew word הֽוּא׃ (hu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.20.32.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.32.W19.S1) and character.