Genesis 30:16:19Gen.30.16.W19PAT

הֽוּא׃

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
Indonesian
dia
Bengali
সে
Tagalog
siya
Swahili
yeye
Amharic
እርሱ
Yoruba
òun
Igbo
ya
Twi
ɔno
Ewe
eyae

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

    ba-LAI-la HU

  3. clause

    va-yish-KAV im-MAH ba-LAI-la HU

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev va-te-TSE le-AH lik-ra-TO va-TO-mer e-LAI ta-VO KI sa-KHOR se-khar-TI-kha be-du-da-EI be-NI va-yish-KAV im-MAH ba-LAI-la HU

In contextGenesis 30:16

came Jacob from the field in the evening went out Leah to meet him said to me come for surely I have hired you with the mandrakes of my son lay with her in the night he

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:16:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Genesis 30:16, so the Hebrew word הֽוּא׃ (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.30.16.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.16.W19.S1) and character.