Judges 18:30:8Judg.18.30.W8TAB
ה֣וּא
hu
“he”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
HU
- phraseyour reading level
HU u-va-NAV
- clause
vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The conjunction viyonatan {וִיהוֹנָתָן | wîhōnāṯān} ‘and Jonathan’ introduces the construct chain ben-gershom {בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם | ben-gēr-šōm} ‘son of Gershom’ ben-manasseh {בֶּן־מְנַ{7}שֶּׁ֜ה | ben-menăššē} ‘son of Manasseh,’ with hu {ה֣וּא | hûʾ} ‘he’ reinforcing apposition.
In context — Judges 18:30
And the sons of Dan set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, together with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the land’s captivity.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word ה֣וּא (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 Judg.18.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W8.S1) and character.