Leviticus 11:23:8Lev.11.23.W8PAT
ה֖וּא
hu
“is”
- Transliteration
- HU
- Extended
- HOO
- IPA
- /huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
- French
- est
- Spanish
- es
- Portuguese
- é
- German
- ist
- Russian
- есть
- Arabic-Simplified
- هو
- Hindi
- है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- হয়
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- ni
- Amharic
- ነው
- Yoruba
- ni
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- yɛ
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)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
HU
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-ketz HU
- clause
SHE-ketz HU la-KHEM
- sentence
ve-KOL SHE-retz ha-OF ah-sher-LO AR-ba rag-LAI-yim SHE-ketz HU la-KHEM
In context — Leviticus 11:23
and every creeping thing the winged creature which has four feet is abomination for you
About this coordinate
Leviticus 11:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 11:23, 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.11.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.23.W8.S1) and character.