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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. Jonah 1:10ה֣וּא · he
    Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
  2. Micah 1:13הִיא֙ · You were
    Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
  3. Micah 2:3הִֽיא׃ · it
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
  4. Micah 2:4הַה֜וּא · In that
    In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
  5. Micah 3:4הַהִ֔יא · At that
    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
  6. Micah 4:1ה֖וּא · above
    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
  7. Micah 4:6הַה֜וּא · On that
    “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
  8. Micah 5:10הַהוּא֙ · In that
    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
  9. Micah 7:3ה֖וּא · his
    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
  10. Micah 7:11הַה֖וּא · the
    The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.
  11. Micah 7:12הוּא֙ · On that
    On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
  12. Micah 7:18הֽוּא׃ · He
    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  13. Nahum 1:2ה֖וּא
    The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
  14. Nahum 1:9ה֣וּא · He
    Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
  15. Nahum 2:8הִ֑יא · throughout
    Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
  16. Nahum 2:11ה֖וּא
    Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
  17. Nahum 3:10הִ֗יא · she
    Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
  18. Habakkuk 1:7ה֑וּא · They
    They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
  19. Habakkuk 1:10וְהוּא֙ · They; ה֚וּא · They
    They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
  20. Habakkuk 2:5וְה֤וּא · he
    …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  21. Habakkuk 2:19ה֣וּא · Can it; ה֗וּא · it [is]
    Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
  22. Zephaniah 1:9הַה֑וּא · On that
    On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
  23. Zephaniah 1:10הַה֜וּא · On that
    On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
  24. Zephaniah 1:12הַהִ֔יא · at that
    And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
  25. Zephaniah 1:15הַה֑וּא · That
    That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
  26. Zephaniah 3:11הַה֗וּא · On that
    On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
  27. Zephaniah 3:16הַה֔וּא · On that
    On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
  28. Zephaniah 3:19הַהִ֑יא · at that
    Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
  29. Zephaniah 3:20הַהִיא֙ · At that
    At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.
  30. Haggai 1:9ה֣וּא
    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  31. Haggai 2:6הִ֑יא
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
  32. Haggai 2:14הֽוּא׃
    Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
  33. Haggai 2:23הַה֣וּא · On that
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
  34. Zechariah 1:7הוּא־
    On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
  35. Zechariah 1:8וְה֣וּא · He
    I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
  36. Zechariah 2:11הַה֔וּא · On that
    “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
  37. Zechariah 3:9הַהִ֖יא · of this
    See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
  38. Zechariah 3:10הַה֗וּא · On that
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
  39. Zechariah 5:6הִ֑יא · is it
    “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
  40. Zechariah 6:10הַה֔וּא · that same
    “Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
  41. Zechariah 6:13וְ֠הוּא · Yes, He; וְהֽוּא־ · He
    Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
  42. Zechariah 9:4וְהִ֖יא · and she
    Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
  43. Zechariah 9:7ה֖וּא · Then they
    I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
  44. Zechariah 9:9ה֑וּא
    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  45. Zechariah 9:16הַה֖וּא · On that
    On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
  46. Zechariah 11:11הַה֑וּא · on that; הֽוּא׃ · it
    It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.