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הוּא

huhe/she/itHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPronoun1,879 occurrences39 books1,692 verses

Definition

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; he a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Traditional renderings: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders הוּא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,879 total
  1. Deuteronomy 21:17הוּא֙ · [that son]
    Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
  2. Deuteronomy 21:23הַה֔וּא · him
    …you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  3. Deuteronomy 22:17ה֡וּא · he
    And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
  4. Deuteronomy 22:18הַהִ֖וא · of that
    Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
  5. Deuteronomy 22:24הַהִ֗וא · of that
    …you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  6. Deuteronomy 23:7ה֑וּאס · he
    Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
  7. Deuteronomy 24:4הִ֖וא · that [is]
    …then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  8. Deuteronomy 24:6ה֥וּא · that would be
    Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
  9. Deuteronomy 24:7הַה֔וּא · the
    If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  10. Deuteronomy 24:12ה֑וּא · he
    If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
  11. Deuteronomy 24:15ה֔וּא · he; ה֥וּא
    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  12. Deuteronomy 27:11הַה֖וּא · On that
    On that day Moses commanded the people:
  13. Deuteronomy 28:44ה֣וּא · He; ה֚וּא · He
    He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
  14. Deuteronomy 29:13וְה֤וּא · and He
    …and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  15. Deuteronomy 29:20הַה֔וּא · against that
    The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
  16. Deuteronomy 29:22הַהִוא֙
    Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
  17. Deuteronomy 29:27הַהִ֑וא · against this
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.
  18. Deuteronomy 30:11הִוא֙; הִֽוא׃
    For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
  19. Deuteronomy 30:12הִ֑וא · It
    It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
  20. Deuteronomy 30:13הִ֑וא · And it
    And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
  21. Deuteronomy 30:20ה֤וּא · He [is]
    …and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  22. Deuteronomy 31:3ה֣וּא׀ · Himself; הֽוּא־ · He; ה֚וּא
    The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
  23. Deuteronomy 31:6ה֚וּא · who
    Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
  24. Deuteronomy 31:8ה֣וּא׀ · Himself; ה֚וּא · He
    The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
  25. Deuteronomy 31:16ה֤וּא · they
    And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
  26. Deuteronomy 31:17הַ֠הוּא · On that; הַה֔וּא · On that
    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
  27. Deuteronomy 31:18הַה֔וּא · on that
    And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
  28. Deuteronomy 31:21ה֤וּא
    And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
  29. Deuteronomy 31:22הַה֑וּא · So that very
    So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
  30. Deuteronomy 32:4הֽוּא׃ · [is] He
    He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  31. Deuteronomy 32:6הוּא֙ · Is He; ה֥וּא · Has He not
    Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
  32. Deuteronomy 32:34ה֖וּא · these things
    “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
  33. Deuteronomy 32:39ה֔וּא · am He
    See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
  34. Deuteronomy 32:44ה֖וּא
    Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
  35. Deuteronomy 32:47הוּא֙ · they; ה֖וּא · they
    For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
  36. Joshua 2:6וְהִ֖יא · But [Rahab]
    (But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
  37. Joshua 2:8וְהִ֛יא · [Rahab]
    Before the spies lay down for the night, Rahab went up on the roof
  38. Joshua 2:11ה֤וּא
    When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
  39. Joshua 2:15הִ֥יא · where she
    Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
  40. Joshua 2:21ה֔וּא · Let it
    “Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
  41. Joshua 3:1ה֖וּא
    Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.