Proverbs 21:29:6Prov.21.29.W6TAB
ה֤וּא
hu
“he”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
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
HU ya-KHIN ya-VIN dar-KHAV dar-KO
- clause
ve-ya-SHAR HU ya-KHIN ya-VIN dar-KHAV dar-KO
- sentence
he-EZ ISH ra-SHA be-fa-NAV ve-ya-SHAR HU ya-KHIN ya-VIN dar-KHAV dar-KO
Exegesis
The conjunction veyashar {וְ֝יָשָׁ֗ר | wə-yā-šār} ‘but the upright’ introduces contrastive parallelism, with the pronoun hu {ה֤וּא | hūʾ} ‘he’ adding emphasis.
In context — Proverbs 21:29
The wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright establishes and discerns his way.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 21:29, so the Hebrew word ה֤וּא (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 Prov.21.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.29.W6.S1) and character.