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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. Genesis 19:33ה֑וּא · So that
    So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
  2. Genesis 19:35הַה֛וּא · that
    So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
  3. Genesis 19:37ה֥וּא · He
    The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
  4. Genesis 19:38הִוא֙; ה֛וּא
    The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
  5. Genesis 20:2הִ֑וא · She
    Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
  6. Genesis 20:3וְהִ֖וא · for she
    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  7. Genesis 20:5ה֤וּא · [Abraham]; הִ֔וא · She; וְהִֽיא־ · And she; הִ֥וא · herself; ה֑וּא · He
    Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
  8. Genesis 20:7ה֔וּא · he
    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  9. Genesis 20:12הִ֔וא · she
    Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
  10. Genesis 20:13הֽוּא׃ · He is
    So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
  11. Genesis 20:16הוּא־ · It [is]
    And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
  12. Genesis 21:13הֽוּא׃ · he
    But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
  13. Genesis 21:17הוּא־ · he
    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
  14. Genesis 21:22הַהִ֔וא · At that
    At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
  15. Genesis 21:31הַה֖וּא · that
    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
  16. Genesis 22:14הַה֖וּא · that
    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  17. Genesis 22:20הִ֛וא
    Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
  18. Genesis 22:24הִוא֙
    Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
  19. Genesis 23:2הִ֥וא · (that is
    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
  20. Genesis 23:15הִ֑וא · is that
    “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
  21. Genesis 23:19הִ֣וא · (that is
    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
  22. Genesis 24:7ה֗וּא · He
    The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
  23. Genesis 24:15ה֗וּא · [the servant]
    Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
  24. Genesis 24:44הִ֣וא · may she
    …and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
  25. Genesis 24:54ה֛וּא · Then he
    Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
  26. Genesis 24:62וְה֥וּא · for he
    Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  27. Genesis 24:65ה֣וּא · It
    …and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
  28. Genesis 25:21הִ֑וא · she
    Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
  29. Genesis 25:29וְה֥וּא · and
    One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
  30. Genesis 26:7הִ֑וא · She; הִֽיא׃ · she
    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
  31. Genesis 26:9הִ֔וא · So she; הִ֑וא · She
    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
  32. Genesis 26:12הַהִ֔וא · in the; הַהִ֖וא · and that very
    Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
  33. Genesis 26:24הַה֔וּא · and that
    …and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
  34. Genesis 26:32הַה֗וּא · On that same
    On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
  35. Genesis 27:31הוּא֙ · He
    He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
  36. Genesis 27:33ה֣וּא · was it
    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
  37. Genesis 27:38הִֽוא־
    Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
  38. Genesis 28:11הַהֽוּא׃
    On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
  39. Genesis 28:19הַה֖וּא · that
    …and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  40. Genesis 29:2הַהִ֔וא · this
    He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
  41. Genesis 29:9הִֽוא׃ · she
    While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
  42. Genesis 29:12ה֔וּא · he was
    He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.