Genesis 15:2:11Gen.15.2.W11PAT

ה֖וּא

hu

is

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
is
French
est
Spanish
es
Portuguese
é
German
ist
Russian
это
Arabic-Simplified
هو
Hindi
है
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
이다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
হল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
ni
Amharic
ነው
Yoruba
ni
Igbo
bụ
Twi
ne
Ewe
e

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

    u-ven-ME-shek BEI-ti HU da-ME-sek e-li-E-zer

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-RAM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI mah-ti-TEN-li ve-a-no-KHI ho-LEKH a-ri-RI u-ven-ME-shek BEI-ti HU da-ME-sek e-li-E-zer

In contextGenesis 15:2

Abram said Lord LORD what will you give me and I continue childless and heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 15:2, 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.15.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.2.W11.S1) and character.