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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 29:12ה֑וּא
    He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
  2. Genesis 29:25הִ֖וא
    When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
  3. Genesis 30:16הֽוּא׃ · that
    When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
  4. Genesis 30:33ה֖וּא · they
    So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
  5. Genesis 30:35הַה֨וּא · That very
    That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
  6. Genesis 31:16ה֖וּא
    Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
  7. Genesis 31:20הֽוּא׃ · he
    Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
  8. Genesis 31:21הוּא֙ · So he
    So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
  9. Genesis 31:43ה֑וּא · is
    But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
  10. Genesis 32:2הַה֖וּא · that
    When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
  11. Genesis 32:13הַה֑וּא · the
    Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
  12. Genesis 32:18הִוא֙ · They; ה֖וּא · [Jacob]
    …then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
  13. Genesis 32:21וְה֛וּא · while he; הַה֖וּא · the
    So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
  14. Genesis 32:22ה֗וּא
    During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
  15. Genesis 32:31וְה֥וּא · and he
    The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
  16. Genesis 33:3וְה֖וּא · But [Jacob] himself
    But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
  17. Genesis 33:16הַה֥וּא · So that
    So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,
  18. Genesis 34:14הִ֖וא
    “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
  19. Genesis 34:19וְה֣וּא · who [was]
    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
  20. Genesis 35:6הִ֖וא · (that is; ה֖וּא
    So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
  21. Genesis 35:19הִ֖וא · (that is
    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  22. Genesis 35:20הִ֛וא · it
    Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
  23. Genesis 35:22הַהִ֔וא · in that
    While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
  24. Genesis 35:27הִ֣וא · (that is
    Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
  25. Genesis 36:1ה֥וּא · (that is
    This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
  26. Genesis 36:8ה֥וּא · (that is
    So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
  27. Genesis 36:19ה֥וּא · (that is
    All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.
  28. Genesis 36:24ה֣וּא · This [is]
    These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
  29. Genesis 36:43ה֥וּא
    Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.
  30. Genesis 37:2וְה֣וּא
    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
  31. Genesis 37:3ה֖וּא · Joseph
    Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
  32. Genesis 37:27ה֑וּא · he
    Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
  33. Genesis 37:32הִ֖וא · it [is]
    They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
  34. Genesis 38:1הַהִ֔וא · that
    About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
  35. Genesis 38:11ה֖וּא · He
    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
  36. Genesis 38:12ה֗וּא · he
    After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
  37. Genesis 38:14וְהִ֕וא · she
    …she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
  38. Genesis 38:16הִ֑וא · she
    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
  39. Genesis 38:21הִ֥וא · who
    He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
  40. Genesis 38:25הִ֣וא · As she; וְהִ֨יא · [Tamar]
    As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
  41. Genesis 39:3ה֣וּא · he
    When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
  42. Genesis 39:6ה֣וּא · he
    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
  43. Genesis 39:22ה֖וּא · so that he
    And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
  44. Genesis 39:23ה֥וּא · he
    The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
  45. Genesis 40:10וְהִ֤יא · As it
    …and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
  46. Genesis 41:11וָה֑וּא · both [the chief baker]
    One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.