2 Kings 24:12:62 Kgs.24.12.W6TAB

ה֣וּא

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

    HU ve-im-MO

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSE ye-ho-ya-KHIN ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA al-ME-lekh ba-VEL HU ve-im-MO va-a-va-DAV ve-sa-RAV ve-sa-ri-SAV

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE ye-ho-ya-KHIN ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA al-ME-lekh ba-VEL HU ve-im-MO va-a-va-DAV ve-sa-RAV ve-sa-ri-SAV va-yik-KAKH o-TO ME-lekh ba-VEL bish-NAT she-mo-NE le-mal-KHO

Exegesis

A chain of paratactic vav conjunctions on hû wə-immō wə-ʿăḇādāw wə-sārāw wə-sārīsāw {ה֣וּא וְאִמּ֔וֹ וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְשָׂרָ֣יו וְסָֽרִיסָ֑יו | hû wə-ʾim-mō wə-ʿă-ḇā-dāw wə-sā-rāw wə-sā-rî-sāw} links “he and his mother and his servants and his officials and his eunuchs” in a cumulative royal entourage list.

In context2 Kings 24:12

And Jehoiachin, king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon with his mother, his servants , his officials , and his eunuchs. The king of Babylon then took him in the eighth year of his reign.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 24:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 24:12, so the Hebrew word ה֣וּא (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 Kgs.24.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.12.W6.S1) and character.