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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. Exodus 12:2הוּא֙ · it [shall be]
    “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
  2. Exodus 12:4ה֗וּא · they are to
    If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
  3. Exodus 12:11ה֖וּא · it
    This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
  4. Exodus 12:15הַהִוא֙
    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
  5. Exodus 12:16ה֥וּא · that
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
  6. Exodus 12:19הַהִוא֙ · that
    For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
  7. Exodus 12:27ה֜וּא · It
    …you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
  8. Exodus 12:30ה֤וּא · he
    During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
  9. Exodus 12:42הוּא֙ · that; הֽוּא־
    Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
  10. Exodus 13:2הֽוּא׃ · belongs
    “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
  11. Exodus 13:8הַה֖וּא · And on that
    And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
  12. Exodus 13:17ה֑וּא · it
    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
  13. Exodus 14:30הַה֛וּא · That
    That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
  14. Exodus 16:15ה֔וּא · is it; ה֑וּא · it was; ה֣וּא · It
    When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  15. Exodus 16:23ה֚וּא · This
    He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
  16. Exodus 16:29ה֣וּא · He
    Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
  17. Exodus 16:31וְה֗וּא · It
    Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
  18. Exodus 16:36הֽוּא׃פ
    (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
  19. Exodus 18:5ה֛וּא · he
    Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
  20. Exodus 18:14ה֥וּא · [Moses]
    When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
  21. Exodus 21:3ה֔וּא · he
    If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
  22. Exodus 21:4וְה֖וּא · and [only] the man
    If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
  23. Exodus 21:21הֽוּא׃ס · [the servant is]
    However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
  24. Exodus 21:29ה֜וּא
    But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
  25. Exodus 21:36הוּא֙
    But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
  26. Exodus 22:9ה֣וּא · is mine
    In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
  27. Exodus 22:15ה֔וּא · [the animal]
    If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
  28. Exodus 22:27הִ֤וא · [his cloak]; הִ֥וא · he has
    …because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
  29. Exodus 29:14הֽוּא׃ · it [is]
    But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
  30. Exodus 29:18ה֖וּא · it; הֽוּא׃
    Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
  31. Exodus 29:21הוּא֙ · Then he
    And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
  32. Exodus 29:22הֽוּא׃ · this
    Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
  33. Exodus 29:25ה֖וּא · it
    Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.
  34. Exodus 29:28ה֑וּא · it
    This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.
  35. Exodus 29:34הֽוּא׃ · it
    And if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
  36. Exodus 30:10ה֖וּא · The altar [is]
    Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
  37. Exodus 30:32ה֔וּא · It
    It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
  38. Exodus 31:13הִ֜וא · this
    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  39. Exodus 31:14הִ֖וא · it; הַהִ֖וא
    Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
  40. Exodus 31:17הִ֖וא · It
    It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
  41. Exodus 32:9הֽוּא׃ · and they
    The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
  42. Exodus 32:16ה֔וּא
    The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
  43. Exodus 32:22הֽוּא׃
    “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
  44. Exodus 32:25ה֑וּא
    Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.