Numbers 13:19:7Num.13.19.W7TAB
הִ֖וא
hu
“it”
- Transliteration
- hu
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-to-VAH hu
- clause
u-MAH ha-A-retz a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV bah ha-to-VAH hu im-ra-AH
- sentence
u-MAH ha-A-retz a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV bah ha-to-VAH hu im-ra-AH u-MAH he-a-RIM a-SHER-HU yo-SHEV ba-HE-nah hab-be-ma-kha-NIM IM be-miv-tsa-RIM
Exegesis
Each question uses ’ă-šer-hū {אֲשֶׁר־הוּא | ’ă-šer-hū} ‘which he’ to introduce a relative clause defining the setting.
In context — Numbers 13:19
And what is the land in which they are dwelling— is it good or bad? And what are the towns in which they are residing? Are they in the camps or in fortresses?
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 13:19, so the Hebrew word הִ֖וא (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 Num.13.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.19.W7.S1) and character.