Numbers 22:6:7Num.22.6.W7TAB
הוּא֙
hu
“he”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /huː/
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
ki-a-TSUM HU
- clause
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-a-TAH le-KHA-NA a-RAH-LI ET-ha-AM ha-ZEH ki-a-TSUM HU mi-me-NI u-LAI u-KHAL na-KEH-BO va-a-gar-SHE-nu min-ha-A-retz KI ya-DA-ti ET a-sher-te-va-REKH me-vo-RACH va-a-SHER ta-OR yu-AR
Exegesis
A causal clause introduced by ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘because’ links atzum hu mimeni {עָצ֥וּם הוּא֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי | ‘ā-ṣûm hū’ mim-mēn-nî} ‘they are stronger than me’.
In context — Numbers 22:6
And now, please go curse these people for me, because they are mightier than I; perhaps I shall strike them and drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 22:6, so the Hebrew word הוּא֙ (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.22.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.6.W7.S1) and character.