Ruth 4:17:11Ruth.4.17.W11PAT
ה֥וּא
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
- هو
- Hindi
- वह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他
- Korean
- 그
- Indonesian
- dia
- Bengali
- সে
- Tagalog
- siya
- Swahili
- yeye
- Amharic
- እሱ
- Yoruba
- òun
- Igbo
- ọ
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
HU
- phraseyour reading level
HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI
- clause
vah-tik-re-NAH she-MO oh-VED HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI ah-VEE dah-VEED
- sentence
vah-tik-re-NAH LO hah-sheh-kheh-NOHT SHEM leh-MOR yool-lad-BEHN leh-na-oh-MEE vah-tik-re-NAH she-MO oh-VED HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI ah-VEE dah-VEED
In context — Ruth 4:17
named to him the neighboring women name saying a son was born to Naomi named his name Obed he father of Jesse father of David
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ruth 4:17, so the Hebrew word ה֥וּא (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 Ruth.4.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.17.W11.S1) and character.