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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. Jeremiah 23:34הַה֖וּא · that
    As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
  2. Jeremiah 25:1הִ֗יא · which
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  3. Jeremiah 25:12הַה֧וּא · and that
    But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
  4. Jeremiah 25:13הַהִ֔יא · that
    I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
  5. Jeremiah 25:31ה֖וּא · He
    The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
  6. Jeremiah 25:33הַה֔וּא · on that
    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
  7. Jeremiah 27:7ה֔וּא
    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
  8. Jeremiah 27:8הַהוּא֙ · that
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
  9. Jeremiah 28:1הַהִ֗יא · of that same
    In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
  10. Jeremiah 28:17הַהִ֑יא · of that very
    And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died.
  11. Jeremiah 29:23הוּיֹדֵעַ · am He who knows
    For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
  12. Jeremiah 29:28הִ֑יא · Since the exile
    For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
  13. Jeremiah 30:7הַה֖וּא · that; הִיא֙ · It is
    How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
  14. Jeremiah 30:8הַה֜וּא · On that
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
  15. Jeremiah 30:17הִ֔יא · for whom
    But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
  16. Jeremiah 30:21הוּא־
    Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
  17. Jeremiah 31:1הַהִיא֙ · At that
    “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
  18. Jeremiah 31:9הֽוּא׃ס
    They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
  19. Jeremiah 32:1הִ֧יא · which
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
  20. Jeremiah 32:8הֽוּא׃ · this
    Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
  21. Jeremiah 32:43הִיא֙ · It is
    And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
  22. Jeremiah 33:1וְהוּא֙ · While [Jeremiah]
    While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
  23. Jeremiah 33:10ה֔וּא
    This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
  24. Jeremiah 33:15הַהִ֔יא · and at that
    In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
  25. Jeremiah 37:2ה֥וּא · But he
    But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
  26. Jeremiah 37:13ה֞וּא · But when he
    But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
  27. Jeremiah 38:4הֽוּא־ · he
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  28. Jeremiah 38:5ה֖וּא · he is
    “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
  29. Jeremiah 38:7וְהוּא֙
    Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
  30. Jeremiah 39:10הַהֽוּא׃ · and at that
    But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
  31. Jeremiah 39:16הַהֽוּא׃ · and on that
    “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
  32. Jeremiah 39:17הַה֖וּא · on that
    But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
  33. Jeremiah 40:1וְהֽוּא־ · him
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
  34. Jeremiah 41:7ה֖וּא
    And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
  35. Jeremiah 41:9ה֗וּא
    Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
  36. Jeremiah 45:4הִֽיא׃
    Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
  37. Jeremiah 46:10הַה֜וּא · For that
    For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  38. Jeremiah 48:11הוּא֙
    Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
  39. Jeremiah 48:26הֽוּא׃ · and he
    “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
  40. Jeremiah 48:41הַה֔וּא · In that
    Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
  41. Jeremiah 49:12ה֔וּא
    For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
  42. Jeremiah 49:22הַה֔וּא · In that
    Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
  43. Jeremiah 49:26הַה֔וּא · in that
    For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  44. Jeremiah 50:3הֽוּא־ · it
    For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
  45. Jeremiah 50:4הַהִיא֙ · and at that
    “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
  46. Jeremiah 50:15הִיא֙ · this
    Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
  47. Jeremiah 50:20הַהִ֜יא · and at that
    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  48. Jeremiah 50:25הִ֗יא · this [is]
    The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
  49. Jeremiah 50:30הַה֖וּא · in that
    Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.