Genesis 14:3:5Gen.14.3.W5PAT
ה֖וּא
hu
“that is”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
- French
- c'est
- Spanish
- es
- Portuguese
- é
- German
- das ist
- Russian
- это
- Arabic-Simplified
- هو
- Hindi
- यही है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就是
- Korean
- 곧
- Indonesian
- yaitu
- Bengali
- এটাই
- Tagalog
- ito ay
- Swahili
- ndiyo
- Amharic
- ይህ ነው
- Yoruba
- ni
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- ɛyɛ
- Ewe
- enye
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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Word in context
- word
HU
- clause
HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
In context — Genesis 14:3
all these joined to the valley of Siddim that is the sea of salt
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:3, so the Hebrew word ה֖וּא (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.14.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.3.W5.S1) and character.