Deuteronomy 12:23:8Deut.12.23.W8PAT

הוּא֙

hu

it is

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/huː/

Meaning by language

English
it is
French
c'est
Spanish
es
Portuguese
é
German
ist
Russian
есть
Arabic-Simplified
هو
Hindi
है
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
이다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
হলো
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
ni
Amharic
ነው
Yoruba
ni
Igbo
bụ
Twi
Ewe
nye

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. clause

    KI ha-DAM HU ha-NA-fesh ve-lo-to-KHEL ha-NA-fesh im-ha-ba-SAR

  3. sentence

    RAK kha-ZAK le-vil-TI eh-KHOL ha-DAM KI ha-DAM HU ha-NA-fesh ve-lo-to-KHEL ha-NA-fesh im-ha-ba-SAR

In contextDeuteronomy 12:23

Only be firm not to eat the blood for the blood it is the life and do not eat the life with the flesh

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 12:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 12:23, 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 Deut.12.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.23.W8.S1) and character.