Hosea 13:15:16Hos.13.15.W16TAB

ה֖וּא

hu

it

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
it

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. clause

    ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

  3. sentence

    KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

Exegesis

Its subject is hu {הוּא | hûʾ} ‘he’, a corporate reference to Israel.

In contextHosea 13:15

For though he thrives among his brothers, an east wind—the wind of the LORD —will come up from the wilderness. It will dry up his spring , and his fountain will be parched; it will strip away every precious treasure from his storehouse.

About this coordinate

Hosea 13:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Hosea 13:15, 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 Hos.13.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.15.W16.S1) and character.