Genesis 19:33:5Gen.19.33.W5TAB

ה֑וּא

hu

that

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
that

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

    ba-LAI-la HU

  3. clause

    va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU

  4. sentence

    va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH

Exegesis

The temporal adverbial ballailah {בַּלַּיְלָה | bal-lay-lāh} ‘at night’ sets the timeframe before hu {הוּא | hûʾ}, the emphatic resumptive pronoun linking to the following actions.

In contextGenesis 19:33

So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the elder daughter came in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 19:33, so the Hebrew word ה֑וּא (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.19.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.33.W5.S1) and character.