Genesis 14:17:13Gen.14.17.W13TAB
ה֖וּא
hu
“that is”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that 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
el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The appositional clause hu emek hamelekh {הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּלֶךְ | hûʾ ʿê-meq ham-me-lekh} ‘that is the Valley of the King’ uses the independent pronoun as a copula for explanatory identification. English renders the infinitive temporal and causal nuances with “after his return from defeating” and the apposition with “which is” or “which is called.” Construct chains maintain relational sense as “Valley of Shaveh” and “Valley of the King.”
In context — Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking down Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh , which is the Valley of the King .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 14:17, 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 Gen.14.17.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W13.S1) and character.