1 Samuel 17:29:81 Sam.17.29.W8TAB
הֽוּא׃
hu
“it is”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
HU
- phraseyour reading level
da-VAR HU
- clause
ha-LO da-VAR HU
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID ME a-SI-ti a-TA ha-LO da-VAR HU
Exegesis
The negative interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא | hălôʾ} introduces the nominal clause davar hu {דָּבָ֥ר הֽוּא | dāḇār hūʾ} ‘word it’, forming a rhetorical question. The balanced questions heighten David’s emotional retort and preserve the Hebrew idiomatic force in English.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:29
David said, “What have I done now ? Was it not only a word ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:29, 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 Sam.17.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.29.W8.S1) and character.