Exodus 12:27:3Exod.12.27.W3PAT

ה֜וּא

hu

it is

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
it is
French
c'est
Spanish
es
Portuguese
é
German
es ist
Russian
это
Arabic-Simplified
هُوَ
Hindi
यह है
Chinese-Simplified
这是
Korean
그것은
Indonesian
itu
Bengali
এটি
Tagalog
ito ay
Swahili
ni
Amharic
ነው
Yoruba
ni
Igbo
ọ bụ
Twi
ɛno ne
Ewe
e 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. phraseyour reading level

    ze-vakh-PE-sakh HU

  3. clause

    va-a-mar-TEM ze-vakh-PE-sakh HU la-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER pa-SAKH al-ba-TEI be-nei-yis-ra-EL be-mits-RA-yim be-nag-PO et-mits-RA-yim ve-et-ba-TEI-nu hi-TSIL

  4. sentence

    va-a-mar-TEM ze-vakh-PE-sakh HU la-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER pa-SAKH al-ba-TEI be-nei-yis-ra-EL be-mits-RA-yim be-nag-PO et-mits-RA-yim ve-et-ba-TEI-nu hi-TSIL va-yik-KOD ha-AM va-yish-ta-kha-VU

In contextExodus 12:27

and you shall say sacrifice of Passover it is to the LORD who passed over over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when he struck Egypt and our houses he spared and bowed the people and prostrated themselves

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 12:27, so the Hebrew word ה֜וּא (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.12.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.27.W3.S1) and character.