Exodus 1:16:7Exod.1.16.W7PAT

הוּא֙

hu

he

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
he
French
il
Spanish
él
Portuguese
ele
German
er
Russian
он
Arabic-Simplified
هو
Hindi
वह
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
dia
Bengali
সে
Tagalog
siya
Swahili
yeye
Amharic
እርሱ
Yoruba
òun
Igbo
ya
Twi
ɔno
Ewe
eya

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

    im-BEN HU

  3. clause

    im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer be-yal-LED-khen et-ha-iv-ri-YOT u-re-i-TEN al-ha-ov-NA-yim im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA

In contextExodus 1:16

and he said when you serve as midwives to the Hebrew women and you see upon the stones if a son he and you shall kill him and if a daughter she and she shall live

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 1:16, 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 Exod.1.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.16.W7.S1) and character.