Numbers 21:16:3Num.21.16.W3TAB
הִ֣וא
hiu
“that is”
- Transliteration
- hi-U
- Extended
- hee-OO
- IPA
- /hiˈʔu/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
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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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Word in context
- word
hi-U
- phraseyour reading level
hi-U ha-be-ER
- clause
hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The pronoun hi {הִוא | hīʾ} functions as a copular demonstrative linking to the identification habber {הַבְּאֵר | ha-bə-ʾē-r} “the well.”
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word הִ֣וא (hiu) 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.21.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W3.S1) and character.