Daniel 8:21:9Dan.8.21.W9TAB
ה֖וּא
hu
“he”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he
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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The word
Word in context
- word
HU
- clause
ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER BEEN-eh-NAAV HU ha-ME-lekh ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
ve-ha-tsa-FEER ha-sa-EER ME-lekh ya-VAN ve-ha-KE-ren ha-ge-do-LA a-SHER BEEN-eh-NAAV HU ha-ME-lekh ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The independent pronoun hûʾ {ה֖וּא | hûʾ} serves as an emphatic copula in the verbless clause identifying the horn as hammelekh harîšôn {הַמֶּלֶךְ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן | ham-me-leḵ harî-šōn} ‘the first king,’ with the inversion underscoring its primacy.
In context — Daniel 8:21
And the male goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
About this coordinate
Daniel 8:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Daniel 8:21, 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 Dan.8.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.8.21.W9.S1) and character.