Leviticus 11:12:8Lev.11.12.W8PAT
ה֖וּא
hu
“is”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
- French
- est
- Spanish
- es
- Portuguese
- é
- German
- ist
- Russian
- есть
- Arabic-Simplified
- يكون
- Hindi
- है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- হয়
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- ni
- Amharic
- ነው
- Yoruba
- ni
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nye
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
SHE-kets HU
- clause
SHE-kets HU la-KHEM
- sentence
KOL a-SHER EIN-LO se-na-PIR ve-kas-KE-set ba-MA-yim SHE-kets HU la-KHEM
In context — Leviticus 11:12
Everything that without fin and scale in the waters is abomination for you
About this coordinate
Leviticus 11:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 11:12, 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 Lev.11.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.12.W8.S1) and character.