2 Samuel 18:8:152 Sam.18.8.W15TAB
הַהֽוּא׃
hahu
“that”
- Transliteration
- ha-HU
- Extended
- hah-HOO
- IPA
- /haˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar le-e-KHOL ba-AM me-a-SHER a-khe-LA ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
The temporal marker ba-yom ha-hu {בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | ba·yô·m ha·hû’} ‘on that day’ underscores immediacy.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:8
And the battle was scattered there and dispersed across the face of the whole land, and the forest consumed more people than the sword did on that day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word הַהֽוּא׃ (hahu) 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 Sam.18.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W15.S1) and character.