Zechariah 13:9:18Zech.13.9.W18TAB

ה֔וּא

hu

he is

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuːʔ/

Meaning by language

English
he is

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-MI HU

  3. clause

    HU yik-RA vish-MI va-a-NI e-e-NE o-TO a-MAR-ti a-MI HU ve-HU yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI

  4. sentence

    ve-he-VE-ti et-ha-she-li-SHIT ba-ESH u-tse-raf-TIM kit-srof et-ha-KE-sef u-ve-khan-TIM kiv-KHON et-ha-za-HAV HU yik-RA vish-MI va-a-NI e-e-NE o-TO a-MAR-ti a-MI HU ve-HU yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI

Exegesis

The reciprocal declarations in amarti ammi hu {אָמַ֙רְתִּי עַמִּי ה֔וּא | ʾā-mar-tî ʿam-mî hû} ‘I will say, “He is my people,”’ and wehu yomar YHWH Elohai {וְה֥וּא יֹאמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי | wə-hû yō-mar Yə-hō-wāh ʾe-lō-hāy} ‘and he will say, “The LORD is my God,”’ complete the covenant promise.

In contextZechariah 13:9

I will bring the third part through the fire and refine them as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. He will call on My name, and I will answer him; I will say, “He is my people,” and he will say, “The LORD is my God .”

About this coordinate

Zechariah 13:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Zechariah 13:9, so the Hebrew word ה֔וּא (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 Zech.13.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.9.W18.S1) and character.