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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. Judges 6:40הַה֑וּא · And that
    And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
  2. Judges 7:1ה֣וּא · (that is
    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  3. Judges 7:4ה֚וּא; ה֖וּא · he
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
  4. Judges 7:9הַה֔וּא · That
    That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
  5. Judges 7:11הוּא֙ · So he
    …and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
  6. Judges 8:4ה֗וּא
    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
  7. Judges 8:31הִ֖יא
    His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
  8. Judges 9:3הֽוּא׃ · He
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
  9. Judges 9:18הֽוּא׃ · he
    …but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
  10. Judges 9:19ה֖וּא · he
    …if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.
  11. Judges 9:33ה֞וּא · When [Gaal]
    And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
  12. Judges 9:45הַה֔וּא · that
    And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
  13. Judges 9:48הוּא֮
    …he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
  14. Judges 10:1וְהֽוּא־
    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
  15. Judges 10:8הַהִ֑יא · who that very
    …who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
  16. Judges 11:1וְה֖וּא · he
    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
  17. Judges 11:21הַהִֽיא׃ · that
    Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
  18. Judges 11:26הַהִֽיא׃ · during that
    For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
  19. Judges 11:34הִ֣יא · She
    And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
  20. Judges 11:38הִיא֙ · So she
    “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
  21. Judges 11:39וְהִיא֙ · And she
    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
  22. Judges 12:6הַהִיא֙ · So at that
    …they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
  23. Judges 13:5וְה֗וּא · and he
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  24. Judges 13:6ה֔וּא
    So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
  25. Judges 13:9וְהִיא֙ · as she
    And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
  26. Judges 13:16הֽוּא׃ · it [was]
    And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
  27. Judges 13:18וְהוּא־ · since it
    “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
  28. Judges 13:21הֽוּא׃ · it [had been]
    And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
  29. Judges 14:3הִ֖יא · she
    But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
  30. Judges 14:4הִ֔יא · this; הֽוּא־ · who; הַהִ֔יא · for at that
    (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
  31. Judges 15:14הוּא־ · When
    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
  32. Judges 15:17הַה֖וּא · that
    And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
  33. Judges 16:20וְהוּא֙ · But he
    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
  34. Judges 16:31וְה֛וּא · And he
    Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
  35. Judges 17:7וְה֥וּא; וְה֥וּא · who
    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
  36. Judges 18:1הַה֛וּא · that
    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  37. Judges 18:12הַה֜וּא · the
    They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
  38. Judges 18:28הִ֣יא · [the city was ]; וְהִ֕יא · it
    There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
  39. Judges 18:30ה֣וּא
    The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
  40. Judges 19:9ה֥וּא
    When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
  41. Judges 19:10הִ֖יא · (that is
    But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
  42. Judges 19:16וְהוּא־
    That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
  43. Judges 20:15הַהוּא֙ · On that
    On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
  44. Judges 20:21הַה֗וּא · that
    And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
  45. Judges 20:26הַה֖וּא · That
    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.