Genesis 44:20:12Gen.44.20.W12PAT

ה֧וּא

hu

he

Transliteration
HU
Extended
HOO
IPA
/ˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
he
French
lui
Spanish
él
Portuguese
ele
German
er
Russian
он
Arabic-Simplified
هُوَ
Hindi
वह
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
그가
Indonesian
dia
Bengali
সে
Tagalog
siya
Swahili
yeye
Amharic
እርሱ
Yoruba
òun
Igbo
ya
Twi
ɔno
Ewe
eya

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

    va-yiv-va-TER HU le-VAD-do

  3. clause

    ve-a-KHIV MET va-yiv-va-TER HU le-VAD-do le-IM-mo ve-a-VIV a-HE-vo

  4. sentence

    va-no-MER el-a-do-NI yesh-LA-nu AV za-KEN ve-YE-led ze-ku-NIM ka-TAN ve-a-KHIV MET va-yiv-va-TER HU le-VAD-do le-IM-mo ve-a-VIV a-HE-vo

In contextGenesis 44:20

we said to my lord we have a father old and a child of old age young and his brother is dead {And} was left he alone to his mother and his father loves him

About this coordinate

Genesis 44:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 44:20, so the Hebrew word ה֧וּא (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.44.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.20.W12.S1) and character.