Genesis 4:20:4Gen.4.20.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
- 他
- Korean
- 그
- Indonesian
- dia
- Bengali
- সে
- Tagalog
- siya
- Swahili
- yeye
- Amharic
- እርሱ
- Yoruba
- òun
- Igbo
- ya
- Twi
- ɔno
- Ewe
- e
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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The word
Word in context
- word
HU
- phraseyour reading level
HU ha-YA
- clause
HU ha-YA a-VI yo-SHEV O-hel u-mik-NE
- sentence
va-TE-led a-DA et-ya-VAL HU ha-YA a-VI yo-SHEV O-hel u-mik-NE
In context — Genesis 4:20
Adah bore Jabal he was father of those dwelling in tents and livestock
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 4:20, 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.4.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.20.W4.S1) and character.