Genesis 20:12:4Gen.20.12.W4TAB
הִ֔וא
hi
“she”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
HI
- clause
ve-gam-om-NA a-kho-TI vat-a-VI HI AKH LO vat-i-MI
- sentence
ve-gam-om-NA a-kho-TI vat-a-VI HI AKH LO vat-i-MI vat-te-hi-LI le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The independent pronoun hi {הִוא | hî} ‘she’ resumes the subject before the restrictive particles akh {אַךְ | ʾaḵ} ‘only; however’ and lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ introduce a contrast with bat immi {בַת־אִמִּי | bat-ʾim-mî} ‘daughter of my mother.’
In context — Genesis 20:12
And also, she is indeed my sister—the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 20:12, so the Hebrew word הִ֔וא (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.20.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.12.W4.S1) and character.