Jeremiah 20:16:3Jer.20.16.W3TAB
הַה֔וּא
hahu
“that”
- Transliteration
- ha-HU
- Extended
- hah-HOO
- IPA
- /haˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ISH ha-HU
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ha-ISH ha-HU ke-a-RIM a-sher-ha-FAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ni-KHAM ve-sha-MA ze-a-KA ba-BO-ker u-te-ru-A be-ET tso-ha-RA-yim
Exegesis
The subject ha-ish hahu {הָאִישׁ הַהוּא | hā-ʾîš ha-hūʾ} ‘that man’ is set apart by the demonstrative.
In context — Jeremiah 20:16
And let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew and did not relent; and let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at midday.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 20:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 20:16, so the Hebrew word הַה֔וּא (hahu) 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 Jer.20.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.16.W3.S1) and character.