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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. Leviticus 13:57הִ֑וא · it
    But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.
  2. Leviticus 14:13הוּא֙ · it; הֽוּא׃
    Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
  3. Leviticus 14:21ה֗וּא · [the person]
    If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,
  4. Leviticus 14:44הִ֛וא · it [is]; הֽוּא׃
    …the priest must come and inspect it. If the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
  5. Leviticus 15:2הֽוּא׃
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
  6. Leviticus 15:3הִֽוא׃ · will bring about
    This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
  7. Leviticus 15:23ה֗וּא · it is; הִ֥וא · she
    And whether it is a bed or furniture on which she was sitting, whoever touches it will be unclean until evening.
  8. Leviticus 15:25הִֽוא׃ · she
    When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  9. Leviticus 16:31הִיא֙ · It
    It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
  10. Leviticus 17:4הַהוּא֙ · that; הַה֖וּא
    …instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
  11. Leviticus 17:9הַה֖וּא · that
    …but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.
  12. Leviticus 17:11הִוא֒ · it; ה֖וּא · it [is]
    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
  13. Leviticus 17:14הוּא֒; הִ֔וא · whoever
    For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
  14. Leviticus 18:7הִ֔וא · She
    You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
  15. Leviticus 18:8הִֽוא׃ס · it
    You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
  16. Leviticus 18:11הִ֑וא · she
    You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
  17. Leviticus 18:12הִֽוא׃ס · she
    You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
  18. Leviticus 18:13הִֽוא׃ס · she
    You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
  19. Leviticus 18:14הִֽוא׃ס · she [is]
    You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
  20. Leviticus 18:15הִ֔וא · She
    You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
  21. Leviticus 18:16הִֽוא׃ס · that
    You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
  22. Leviticus 18:17הִֽוא · it
    You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
  23. Leviticus 18:22הִֽוא׃ · that
    You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
  24. Leviticus 18:23הֽוּא׃ · that
    You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
  25. Leviticus 19:7ה֖וּא · it
    If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
  26. Leviticus 19:8הַהִ֖וא · That
    Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
  27. Leviticus 19:20וְהִ֤וא
    If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
  28. Leviticus 20:3הַה֔וּא · against that
    And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
  29. Leviticus 20:4הַה֔וּא · who
    And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,
  30. Leviticus 20:5הַה֖וּא · against that
    …then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
  31. Leviticus 20:6הַהִ֔וא
    Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
  32. Leviticus 20:14הִ֑וא · it
    If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
  33. Leviticus 20:17וְהִֽיא־; ה֔וּא · it
    If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
  34. Leviticus 20:18וְהִ֕יא · and she
    If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
  35. Leviticus 20:21הִ֑וא · it
    If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.
  36. Leviticus 21:7ה֖וּא · [the priest]
    A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  37. Leviticus 21:8ה֣וּא · he
    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
  38. Leviticus 21:9הִ֣יא · she
    If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
  39. Leviticus 21:13וְה֕וּא · he
    The woman he marries must be a virgin.
  40. Leviticus 22:3הַהִ֛וא · that
    Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
  41. Leviticus 22:4וְה֤וּא
    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  42. Leviticus 22:7הֽוּא׃ · they
    When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
  43. Leviticus 22:11ה֖וּא · that [slave]
    But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.