Genesis 37:3:6Gen.37.3.W6PAT

ה֖וּא

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

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

    ki-VEN-ze-ku-NIM HU

  3. clause

    ve-yi-se-ra-EL a-HAV ET-yo-SEF mi-KAL-ba-NAV ki-VEN-ze-ku-NIM HU LO

  4. sentence

    ve-yi-se-ra-EL a-HAV ET-yo-SEF mi-KAL-ba-NAV ki-VEN-ze-ku-NIM HU LO ve-a-SA LO ke-TO-net pa-SIM

In contextGenesis 37:3

and Israel loved Joseph than all his sons because a son of old age he to him and made for him a tunic stripes

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 37:3, 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.37.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.3.W6.S1) and character.