1931

hūʾ הוּא ‘he/she/it’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: a primitive word

hūʾ p
pron 3p s
1) he, she, it
 1a) himself (with emphasis)
 1b) resuming subj with emphasis
 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)
 1d) (anticipating subj)
 1e) (emphasising predicate)
 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron
2) that (with article)

Mentioned in Genesis 4:20, 4:21, 9:18, 10:21, 19:33, 19:35, 19:37, 19:38, 20:12, 20:13, 24:7, 26:24, 27:31, 27:38, 29:9, 29:12, 31:16, 34:19, 35:22, 35:27, 36:24, 36:43, 37:2, 37:32, 38:11, 44:17, 44:20, 47:6, 48:19, 50:14, 50:22, 20:2, 20:3, 21:22, 26:9, 2:12, 28:11, 29:2, 22:14, 22:20, 23:2, 23:19, 24:15, 12:14, 12:18, 13:1, 14:12, 14:13, 15:2, 15:18, 23:15, 24:44, 24:54, 24:65, 32:19, 39:3, 44:5, 47:18, 2:19, 3:12, 3:20, 6:3, 16:12, 36:1, 36:8, 36:19, 14:2, 14:8, 37:3, 18:1, 18:10, 31:43, 26:32, 43:12, 28:19, 4:26, 20:5, 20:16, 32:14, 33:3, 37:27, 38:1, 42:6, 42:38, 44:14, 2:11, 32:23, 41:11, 41:25, 41:26, 42:27, 4:22, 12:19, 26:7, 34:14, 14:17, 41:31, 3:15, 38:21, 20:7, 30:33, 39:23, 3:16, 7:2, 3:6, 18:8, 27:33, 39:6, 43:32, 9:3, 21:17, 45:20, 14:18, 4:4, 14:3, 14:7, 15:4, 29:25, 30:16, 38:16, 38:25, 41:28, 42:14, 47:17, 32:3, 48:20, 38:14, 21:13, 45:26, 10:9, 44:10, 48:7, 49:13, 39:22, 48:14, 35:19, 31:20, 2:13, 10:8, 10:11, 24:62, 26:12, 35:6, 25:21, 38:12, 2:14, 40:10, 14:15, 17:12, 17:14, 30:35, 31:21, 32:32, 49:20, 10:12, 22:24, 21:31, 25:29, 19:30, 49:19, 33:16, 19:20, 32:22, 35:20 Exodus 22:8, 1:16, 21:4, 32:22, 13:2, 30:32, 3:5, 34:9, 35:34, 4:14, 6:26, 6:27, 29:21, 29:28, 30:10, 32:25, 21:21, 21:29, 21:36, 31:13, 31:17, 12:19, 1:6, 16:15, 34:14, 29:18, 29:22, 12:30, 16:36, 12:4, 16:29, 32:28, 34:3, 12:15, 12:16, 12:11, 29:34, 3:8, 4:16, 8:15, 16:23, 18:5, 22:26, 32:9, 13:17, 32:16, 21:3, 22:14, 5:6, 12:27, 13:8, 18:14, 34:10, 8:18, 39:5, 10:13, 1:10, 12:42, 29:14, 29:25, 2:2, 14:30, 16:31, 31:14, 9:34, 12:2 Codex Leviticus 18:7, 18:8, 18:11, 18:12, 18:14, 20:17, 21:9, 25:41, 23:30, 5:3, 5:4, 7:21, 27:28, 13:42, 13:49, 17:4, 17:9, 6:2, 6:18, 10:3, 10:12, 22:4, 24:9, 5:1, 5:2, 5:11, 5:24, 13:30, 13:51, 13:52, 13:55, 13:57, 15:3, 15:23, 15:25, 19:20, 27:10, 20:6, 5:12, 18:16, 20:21, 14:21, 18:13, 25:10, 25:33, 25:34, 20:5, 22:7, 5:18, 8:21, 11:4, 11:12, 11:26, 13:4, 13:21, 13:26, 13:40, 13:44, 15:2, 20:3, 20:4, 20:14, 20:18, 21:7, 22:3, 22:12, 24:10, 27:26, 23:27, 6:22, 7:6, 7:20, 7:27, 10:13, 10:17, 11:41, 17:14, 19:7, 19:8, 22:11, 22:30, 25:12, 11:39, 4:21, 5:9, 25:54, 21:8, 23:28, 3:1, 3:7, 13:22, 13:23, 13:27, 13:28, 13:37, 13:41, 27:4, 27:8, 27:33, 17:11, 6:10, 11:20, 11:23, 11:6, 27:30, 1:17, 1:13, 7:5, 8:28, 23:36, 18:15, 18:17, 18:22, 18:23, 21:13, 5:19, 7:1, 14:13, 4:24, 11:37, 13:46, 2:6, 11:5, 11:7, 13:3, 13:6, 13:13, 13:15, 13:17, 13:25, 16:31, 23:32, 25:11, 27:23, 13:39, 14:44, 13:36, 13:10, 13:11, 2:15, 11:38, 13:8, 13:20, 23:3, 25:16 Numbers 1:4, 25:15, 27:3, 24:24, 26:9, 35:17, 35:23, 5:6, 9:6, 19:13, 23:19, 21:33, 18:23, 18:31, 16:11, 17:5, 5:14, 35:18, 35:21, 13:24, 11:34, 22:6, 27:21, 15:30, 6:11, 6:20, 5:13, 13:20, 19:15, 5:15, 5:31, 9:13, 13:31, 13:32, 16:7, 19:9, 19:20, 11:30, 13:27, 14:8, 22:4, 22:5, 22:12, 23:6, 22:22, 5:28, 13:18, 13:19, 19:12, 35:16, 35:33, 12:7, 14:41, 21:16, 32:10, 21:26, 11:32, 32:4, 33:40, 5:18, 11:3, 18:9, 15:25, 8:4, 10:32, 18:19, 35:31, 14:1, 15:31, 35:19, 11:7, 18:16, 22:3, 6:8, 14:45, 33:36 Deuteronomy 8:18, 29:12, 30:20, 31:16, 32:6, 9:3, 12:3, 10:10, 29:19, 10:1, 17:5, 22:24, 10:17, 21:23, 32:47, 23:8, 3:1, 7:9, 13:4, 9:20, 13:6, 17:12, 18:6, 21:17, 32:34, 32:44, 1:16, 3:18, 10:9, 17:15, 17:20, 18:2, 24:7, 4:42, 19:5, 1:36, 19:6, 24:4, 29:21, 18:20, 31:18, 4:35, 4:39, 14:10, 31:17, 32:4, 32:39, 1:17, 3:11, 22:18, 24:12, 21:4, 4:24, 7:16, 12:23, 14:8, 14:19, 31:6, 1:9, 3:23, 7:26, 9:13, 9:19, 21:3, 21:6, 24:15, 30:13, 31:21, 3:21, 4:6, 10:21, 22:17, 31:3, 1:19, 1:30, 3:22, 7:25, 17:1, 18:5, 3:28, 5:5, 27:11, 30:12, 1:44, 3:8, 30:11, 2:20, 29:26, 3:4, 3:13, 10:8, 3:12, 4:48, 4:14, 11:10, 2:34, 1:18, 13:16, 17:10, 18:22, 19:4, 20:20, 1:38, 14:28, 31:22, 28:44, 2:32, 24:6, 31:8 Joshua 15:13, 17:1, 21:11, 22:28, 24:17, 7:26, 24:27, 14:15, 13:12, 14:12, 10:13, 6:19, 20:6, 20:4, 10:2, 22:20, 23:10, 8:14, 10:14, 14:9, 20:5, 22:23, 22:27, 2:11, 6:26, 8:25, 5:12, 22:22, 24:19, 5:2, 5:9, 5:15, 8:9, 9:27, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 18:13, 18:14, 11:10, 23:3, 4:24, 13:14, 13:33, 22:34, 23:5, 24:18, 18:28, 2:21, 20:7, 7:6, 4:14, 6:17, 8:13, 8:27, 10:28, 10:35, 6:15, 8:10, 11:21, 17:18, 3:1, 2:15, 24:25, 10:7, 2:6, 2:8, 15:49, 15:25, 15:54, 15:60 Judges 2:10, 6:25, 9:18, 11:39, 14:3, 14:4, 16:31, 19:9, 19:10, 8:31, 9:3, 9:19, 9:45, 9:48, 10:1, 5:1, 18:28, 6:22, 3:20, 3:26, 4:21, 11:34, 13:21, 12:6, 3:31, 6:35, 7:11, 18:12, 13:6, 13:9, 18:1, 1:26, 3:29, 8:4, 19:16, 20:15, 20:21, 20:35, 20:39, 20:46, 21:24, 3:24, 13:16, 3:19, 4:3, 4:5, 6:40, 7:4, 7:9, 9:33, 4:23, 6:31, 11:21, 13:5, 5:29, 6:32, 11:38, 13:18, 16:20, 10:8, 15:14, 3:27, 11:26, 3:30, 18:30, 4:4, 11:1, 21:14, 4:2, 7:1, 20:26, 17:7, 2:5, 15:17 1 Samuel 18:2, 20:33, 22:22, 22:17, 25:3, 25:36, 27:3, 21:8, 6:15, 25:37, 24:7, 24:11, 25:17, 25:25, 15:29, 4:12, 20:31, 22:9, 22:18, 16:12, 18:16, 28:8, 10:9, 16:13, 20:29, 14:18, 9:13, 14:37, 17:14, 21:10, 23:28, 4:18, 14:24, 19:17, 14:31, 19:22, 1:3, 10:22, 17:23, 17:33, 18:27, 25:20, 27:2, 28:14, 30:9, 30:10, 30:31, 31:6, 21:11, 27:6, 9:24, 28:25, 3:12, 9:26, 12:18, 17:37, 19:9, 19:18, 19:23, 23:22, 29:11, 10:19, 17:5, 6:9, 21:6, 3:18, 7:6, 17:29, 19:14, 19:24, 20:26, 20:36, 30:20, 1:28, 18:19, 8:18, 18:15, 14:23, 18:9, 19:10, 1:10, 7:10, 31:5, 1:13, 3:2, 6:16, 30:25 2 Samuel 7:14, 17:10, 23:18, 13:20, 14:27, 17:5, 17:9, 17:24, 19:10, 19:3, 20:8, 2:17, 2:29, 3:37, 14:19, 7:28, 11:12, 13:8, 23:8, 13:2, 4:10, 23:10, 5:20, 6:9, 9:4, 2:16, 15:30, 19:33, 21:20, 23:20, 23:21, 4:5, 9:13, 18:8, 22:31, 5:8, 7:4, 11:4, 12:23, 17:13, 24:13, 24:18, 18:7, 21:16, 6:8, 17:2, 19:4, 4:7, 5:7, 7:13 1 Kings 1:6, 3:3, 5:19, 7:14, 8:1, 11:17, 19:4, 14:1, 2:22, 10:10, 1:13, 1:17, 1:24, 11:14, 19:19, 20:39, 18:27, 20:32, 21:2, 6:38, 11:29, 14:2, 14:5, 4:15, 1:30, 1:35, 22:33, 8:60, 20:40, 8:2, 11:28, 13:26, 20:28, 22:32, 19:8, 17:15, 8:41, 14:3, 17:19, 20:12, 22:35, 8:65, 18:24, 18:39, 3:4, 3:27, 2:8, 8:19, 6:17, 13:3, 16:16, 20:3, 22:25, 20:41, 6:1, 10:13, 16:9, 14:17, 1:45, 8:64, 12:2, 20:16, 5:4 2 Kings 2:12, 14:21, 14:22, 22:13, 5:18, 5:25, 6:5, 6:32, 8:5, 8:21, 8:22, 14:7, 19:37, 2:14, 7:7, 7:9, 1:8, 8:27, 8:29, 25:19, 22:14, 17:39, 9:36, 6:13, 16:6, 5:15, 4:9, 5:7, 8:2, 9:34, 2:18, 4:5, 9:14, 15:12, 18:22, 20:12, 18:9, 14:25, 19:15, 19:35, 24:12, 18:16, 14:11, 2:23, 3:17, 18:36, 6:30, 18:4, 23:15, 3:6, 15:35, 18:8, 24:10, 25:1, 25:8, 10:12, 18:10 Isaiah 38:19, 27:13, 30:9, 32:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:20, 2:22, 17:7, 51:12, 19:17, 24:21, 30:23, 3:18, 7:14, 7:20, 11:11, 22:12, 50:9, 37:38, 63:9, 35:8, 1:13, 31:2, 33:6, 27:11, 5:30, 4:1, 19:18, 23:15, 27:12, 34:16, 43:10, 42:8, 41:4, 48:12, 20:6, 63:10, 3:7, 42:22, 43:13, 45:18, 47:10, 59:16, 63:5, 7:21, 31:7, 53:4, 35:4, 11:10, 18:2, 18:7, 22:8, 29:11, 36:7, 39:1, 25:9, 37:16, 22:20, 53:7, 7:23, 14:24, 20:2, 17:9, 22:25, 33:16, 12:1, 12:4, 36:21, 38:15, 41:7, 45:13, 10:20, 46:4, 52:6, 43:25, 10:5, 29:18, 19:19, 4:2, 7:18, 19:24, 26:1, 30:33, 19:16, 19:23, 27:1, 53:12, 8:13, 19:21, 51:9, 51:10, 17:4, 10:7, 34:17, 53:5, 53:11, 9:14, 10:27, 27:2, 28:5, 32:8, 33:22 Jeremiah 31:9, 4:9, 12:17, 22:16, 30:21, 32:43, 33:10, 50:3, 49:22, 25:33, 46:10, 50:25, 3:8, 40:1, 10:8, 3:17, 3:1, 18:4, 50:38, 22:28, 30:7, 30:17, 38:4, 38:5, 39:10, 49:12, 50:20, 6:23, 20:16, 23:34, 38:7, 39:17, 41:7, 41:9, 49:26, 50:30, 51:6, 5:15, 29:28, 3:6, 28:1, 32:1, 32:8, 33:1, 37:2, 37:13, 39:16, 45:4, 48:11, 10:16, 14:22, 20:1, 51:19, 10:10, 31:1, 50:4, 2:14, 22:4, 4:11, 5:12, 6:6, 29:23, 17:9, 25:12, 25:13, 25:31, 27:7, 33:15, 48:41, 50:15, 18:8, 25:1, 27:8, 8:1, 51:11, 52:4, 52:12, 48:26, 10:3, 28:17, 30:8 Ezekiel 18:4, 18:17, 18:20, 26:17, 4:12, 11:15, 12:27, 14:17, 14:19, 21:17, 21:19, 22:24, 38:14, 38:18, 38:19, 11:7, 16:14, 16:48, 18:9, 21:5, 31:18, 32:16, 38:10, 38:17, 39:8, 46:16, 17:8, 44:3, 4:3, 14:8, 24:26, 34:23, 2:10, 16:46, 38:8, 13:10, 40:3, 18:11, 19:14, 28:18, 11:11, 12:12, 20:6, 20:15, 23:39, 10:20, 39:22, 24:27, 45:1, 48:15, 3:18, 11:3, 23:43, 33:8, 33:13, 14:9, 29:21, 30:11, 45:4, 45:22, 46:3, 1:13, 1:28, 3:20, 10:15, 18:27, 3:19, 3:21, 21:16, 23:38, 30:9, 30:18, 33:5, 33:6, 39:11, 44:1, 45:17, 33:9, 37:1, 1:2, 21:28, 33:19 Hosea 2:20, 13:15, 11:10, 2:4, 2:18, 7:9, 5:13, 6:1, 11:5, 2:25, 8:6, 2:10, 7:6, 7:8, 13:1, 2:23, 10:2, 1:5, 13:13 Joel 2:13, 4:18, 4:1 Amos 7:2, 7:5, 7:6, 8:3, 8:9, 5:18, 2:9, 2:16, 1:15, 9:11, 8:13, 7:13, 5:13 Obadiah 1:8 Jonah 1:10 Micah 5:9, 3:4, 4:1, 2:4, 7:18, 2:3, 4:6, 7:12, 7:11, 1:13, 7:3 Nahum 1:2, 2:12, 2:9, 1:9, 3:10 Habakkuk 2:19, 1:7, 2:5, 1:10 Zephaniah 1:9, 3:11, 1:12, 3:16, 3:20, 1:15, 3:19, 1:10 Haggai 2:6, 1:9, 2:14, 2:23 Zechariah 3:9, 9:16, 12:3, 1:8, 9:4, 13:4, 14:6, 14:7, 14:9, 14:8, 5:6, 3:10, 14:13, 12:6, 1:7, 2:15, 9:7, 12:8, 13:9, 13:2, 6:10, 14:4, 14:12, 6:13, 11:11, 12:4, 12:9, 9:9, 14:21, 13:1, 14:20, 12:11 Malachi 1:12, 2:17, 1:7, 2:14, 3:2, 2:5, 2:7 Psalms 89:27, 146:4, 45:12, 39:8, 119:97, 99:6, 115:10, 119:98, 87:5, 62:3, 62:7, 18:31, 68:36, 25:15, 44:5, 44:22, 48:15, 50:6, 60:14, 81:5, 95:7, 96:4, 99:5, 100:3, 105:7, 108:14, 101:6, 33:9, 77:11, 103:14, 39:5, 78:38, 19:6, 95:5, 118:23, 130:8, 148:5, 102:28, 37:5, 115:9, 115:11, 99:2, 99:3, 91:3, 9:9, 149:9, 24:2, 24:10, 25:11, 28:8, 33:20, 55:23, 73:16 Proverbs 28:24, 23:28, 24:12, 23:3, 5:23, 18:13, 21:13, 18:9, 19:21, 21:29, 23:7, 3:29, 4:13, 22:22, 7:23, 30:5, 3:34, 3:6, 6:32, 31:30, 3:18, 6:22, 23:11, 10:24, 13:13, 11:28, 28:26, 7:11, 22:9, 10:22, 11:25, 10:18, 28:6, 28:10, 3:15, 19:1, 30:28 Job 4:7, 31:12, 28:3, 3:19, 28:28, 34:29, 23:13, 11:11, 37:21, 9:22, 8:19, 15:23, 1:1, 32:1, 28:14, 1:3, 23:6, 41:2, 13:28, 32:8, 3:4, 3:6, 3:7, 21:22, 31:28, 40:19, 15:22, 28:23, 9:24, 2:8, 39:30, 24:18, 28:24, 37:12, 41:26, 5:27, 13:16, 15:9, 22:18, 21:32, 13:19, 8:16, 21:31, 31:4, 5:18, 15:20, 17:3, 31:11, 41:3 Song of Songs 6:9, 8:9 Ruth 4:17, 4:15, 1:1, 1:3, 2:20, 1:18, 2:6, 3:2, 3:4, 1:6 Lamentations 1:4, 1:8, 3:10, 1:18, 1:3 Ecclesiastes 5:13, 7:2, 1:13, 2:22, 2:24, 3:13, 3:21, 3:22, 5:18, 6:1, 6:10, 8:15, 9:15, 9:9, 6:2, 4:8, 1:9, 3:14, 4:4, 5:17, 5:5, 1:5, 9:4, 9:13, 3:15, 7:26, 10:10, 1:10, 2:1, 7:23, 10:3, 5:8, 3:9, 1:17, 2:23 Esther 2:7, 3:13, 9:24, 3:7, 8:12, 9:1, 8:9, 1:1, 2:16, 7:5, 8:1, 2:14, 3:4, 6:1, 1:20, 1:11, 5:9, 9:11 Daniel 11:6, 11:8, 8:26, 10:4, 8:21, 12:1 Ezra 7:9, 1:4, 10:9, 9:11, 1:2, 1:3, 7:6, 10:23, 10:8, 7:8, 8:34 Nehemiah 8:9, 9:7, 8:10, 12:44, 13:1, 1:2, 7:2, 12:8, 4:10, 6:1, 2:20, 4:16, 6:10, 13:21, 2:18, 12:43, 6:18, 9:6, 3:14, 3:15, 3:12, 8:17, 6:13 1 Chronicles 2:21, 2:42, 4:11, 5:1, 7:31, 17:13, 21:17, 22:10, 26:26, 28:6, 11:20, 1:27, 23:13, 8:12, 2:26, 16:7, 25:9, 11:11, 11:12, 8:7, 14:11, 22:9, 29:21, 11:22, 11:23, 20:6, 27:32, 29:22, 11:25, 13:12, 17:3, 12:16, 16:14, 16:25, 17:26, 22:1, 29:16, 9:31, 11:5, 11:13, 21:28, 1:10, 11:4, 5:6, 5:36, 21:29, 17:12, 15:22, 5:8, 27:6, 10:5, 13:11 2 Chronicles 5:2, 13:18, 20:6, 21:3, 21:10, 26:1, 26:2, 26:23, 33:23, 34:3, 9:9, 25:20, 33:6, 22:3, 22:6, 18:7, 32:12, 22:11, 28:16, 28:22, 20:35, 22:9, 32:9, 20:25, 5:3, 6:32, 9:12, 16:7, 16:10, 26:20, 33:13, 34:22, 1:7, 18:31, 36:23, 15:11, 27:5, 25:21, 18:24, 20:2, 30:3, 18:34, 28:3, 10:2, 7:8, 20:26, 21:11, 27:3, 29:3, 32:30, 35:17, 6:9, 32:26, 4:21, 35:16

2014 — 2024 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Implemented as part of the research project at the ENS by M.Seveleu-Dubrovnik, PhD.
About | Listen audio | In other languages: .