Genesis 19:20:14Gen.19.20.W14TAB

הִ֖וא

hi

it

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
it

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. clause

    im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI

  3. sentence

    hin-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI

In contextGenesis 19:20

See now, this city lies close for flight, and it is small. Please let me escape there—surely it is but a small place?—so that my soul may live.

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:20:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word הִ֖וא (hi) 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.19.20.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W14.S1) and character.