Genesis 10:8:4Gen.10.8.W4PAT

ה֣וּא

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
هُوَ
Hindi
वह
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
그는
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

    HU he-KHEL

  3. clause

    HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets

  4. sentence

    ve-KHUSH ya-LAD et-nim-ROD HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets

In contextGenesis 10:8

and Cush begot Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 10:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 10:8, so the Hebrew word ה֣וּא (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 Gen.10.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.8.W4.S1) and character.