Leviticus 13:11:12Lev.13.11.W12TAB

הֽוּא׃

hu

he is

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/huː/

Meaning by language

English
he is

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

    LO yas-gi-REN-noo KI ta-ME HU

  3. sentence

    tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN LO yas-gi-REN-noo KI ta-ME HU

Exegesis

The pronoun hi {הִוא | hî} ‘it is’ functions as a resumptive identifier.

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the rationale with tame {טָמֵא | tā-mê} ‘unclean’ and hu {הוּא | hû’} ‘he is’: isolation is redundant for the already unclean.

In contextLeviticus 13:11

It is a chronic skin disease in the skin of his flesh, so the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He must not isolate him, because he is unclean.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 13:11, so the Hebrew word הֽוּא׃ (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 Lev.13.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.11.W12.S1) and character.