Deuteronomy 17:20:13Deut.17.20.W13TAB

ה֥וּא

hu

he

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/huː/

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 u-va-NAV

  3. clause

    le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU u-va-NAV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    le-vil-TI RUM-le-va-VO me-e-khaV u-le-vil-TI SUR min-ha-mits-VAH ya-MIN u-se-MOL le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU u-va-NAV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The Hifil imperfect ya’arikh {יַאֲרִיךְ | yā-ʾǎ-rîḵ} ‘he may prolong’ with its object yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’ and its adverbial complement al-mamlekhto {עַל־מַמְלַכְתּוֹ | ʿal-mam-lak-tô} ‘over his kingdom’, specified by hu {הוּא | hūʾ} ‘he’ and u-vanav {וּבָנָיו | ū-vā-nāw} ‘and his sons’, forms the result clause.

In contextDeuteronomy 17:20

In order that his heart not be lifted above his brothers, and that he not deviate from the commandment to the right or to the left, thereby extending his days over his kingdom—he and his sons—within Israel .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 17:20, so the Hebrew word ה֥וּא (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 Deut.17.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.20.W13.S1) and character.