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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 50:38הִ֔יא · it
    A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
  2. Jeremiah 51:6הִיא֙ · this; ה֥וּא · He
    Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
  3. Jeremiah 51:11הִ֔יא · it
    Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
  4. Jeremiah 51:19ה֔וּא · He
    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  5. Jeremiah 52:4ה֤וּא
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  6. Jeremiah 52:12הִ֗יא
    On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
  7. Lamentations 1:3הִ֚יא · she
    Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
  8. Lamentations 1:4וְהִ֥יא · and she herself
    The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
  9. Lamentations 1:8הִ֥יא · she herself
    Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
  10. Lamentations 1:18ה֛וּא
    The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
  11. Lamentations 3:10הוּא֙ · He
    He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
  12. Ezekiel 1:2הִ֚יא · it
    On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin—
  13. Ezekiel 1:13הִ֕יא
    In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
  14. Ezekiel 1:28ה֕וּא · This
    The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
  15. Ezekiel 2:10וְהִ֥יא
    …which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
  16. Ezekiel 3:18ה֤וּא · that
    If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  17. Ezekiel 3:19ה֚וּא · he
    But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.
  18. Ezekiel 3:20ה֣וּא · he
    Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  19. Ezekiel 3:21וְה֣וּא · and he
    But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
  20. Ezekiel 4:3הִ֖יא · This
    Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
  21. Ezekiel 4:12וְהִ֗יא · [the food]
    And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”
  22. Ezekiel 10:15הִ֣יא · These
    Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the living creatures I had seen by the River Kebar.
  23. Ezekiel 10:20הִ֣יא · These
    These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
  24. Ezekiel 11:3הִ֣יא · The city
    They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
  25. Ezekiel 11:7וְהִ֣יא · and the city
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
  26. Ezekiel 11:11הִ֗יא · The city
    The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.
  27. Ezekiel 11:15הִ֛יא · this
    “Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
  28. Ezekiel 12:12ה֖וּא · he
    And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
  29. Ezekiel 12:27ה֥וּא · he; ה֥וּא · he
    “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
  30. Ezekiel 13:10וְהוּא֙
    Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
  31. Ezekiel 14:8הַה֗וּא · against that
    I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  32. Ezekiel 14:9הַה֑וּא · him
    But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
  33. Ezekiel 14:17הַהִ֑יא · that
    Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
  34. Ezekiel 14:19הַהִ֑יא · that
    Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
  35. Ezekiel 16:14ה֗וּא · it [was]
    Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
  36. Ezekiel 16:46הִ֣יא · who
    Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
  37. Ezekiel 16:48הִ֖יא
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.
  38. Ezekiel 17:8הִ֣יא · It
    It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
  39. Ezekiel 18:4הִ֥יא · is the one who
    Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
  40. Ezekiel 18:9הוּא֙ · [That man] is
    He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
  41. Ezekiel 18:11וְה֕וּא · though the father
    …though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
  42. Ezekiel 18:17ה֗וּא · He
    He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
  43. Ezekiel 18:20הִ֣יא · is the one who
    The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
  44. Ezekiel 18:27ה֖וּא · he
    But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
  45. Ezekiel 19:14הִ֖יא · This
    Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”
  46. Ezekiel 20:6הַה֗וּא · On that; הִ֖יא
    On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
  47. Ezekiel 20:15הִ֖יא
    Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—