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
Korean
Indonesian
dia
Bengali
সে
Tagalog
siya
Swahili
yeye
Amharic
እሱ
Yoruba
òun
Igbo
Twi
ɔno
Ewe
e

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

    HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI

  3. clause

    vah-tik-re-NAH she-MO oh-VED HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI ah-VEE dah-VEED

  4. 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 contextRuth 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.