2 Chronicles 5:3:62 Chr.5.3.W6TAB
ה֖וּא
hu
“it is”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HUU
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
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
- clause
HU ha-KHO-desh ha-she-vi-I
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU el-ha-ME-lekh kal-Ish yis-ra-EL be-KHAG HU ha-KHO-desh ha-she-vi-I
Exegesis
The temporal clause is marked by bechag {בֶּחָג | bə-ḥāg} ‘in the festival’ followed by the resumptive pronoun hu {הוּא | hûʾ} ‘it,’ which anticipates hachodesh hashevi’i {הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִעִי | ha-ḥō-ḏeš ha-šə-bî-ʿî} ‘the seventh month.’ This use of a resumptive pronoun before a nominal time expression is a Hebrew stylistic feature that adds clarity and emphasis, rendered in English by stating ‘it was the seventh month’ for explicitness.
In context — 2 Chronicles 5:3
And all the men of Israel assembled to the king at the festival ; it was the seventh month.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 5:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 5:3, so the Hebrew word ה֖וּא (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 2 Chr.5.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.5.3.W6.S1) and character.