Leviticus 17:14:5Lev.17.14.W5TAB
הוּא֒
hu
“it”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it
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
- clause
kee-NE-fesh kol-ba-SAR dah-MO be-naf-SHO HU vah-oh-MAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL DAM kol-ba-SAR LO toh-KHE-loo
- sentence
kee-NE-fesh kol-ba-SAR dah-MO be-naf-SHO HU vah-oh-MAR liv-NEI yis-ra-EL DAM kol-ba-SAR LO toh-KHE-loo kee NE-fesh kol-ba-SAR dah-MO HI kol-oh-khe-LAV yi-ka-RET
Exegesis
The verbless clause dāmô bə-nafšô hûʾ {דָּמ֣וֹ בְּנַפְשׁוֹ הוּא֒ | dāmô bə-nafšô hûʾ} ‘its blood is in its life’ employs parallelism to assert equivalence of blood and life.
In context — Leviticus 17:14
Because the life of all flesh is its blood—in its life it is. And I have said to the sons of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; anyone who eats it shall be cut off .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 17:14, so the Hebrew word הוּא֒ (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.17.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.14.W5.S1) and character.