Lexicon
הוּא
hu
H1932
A:PerP-CS Hebrew

he/she/it

22
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

hu is an Aramaic grammatical form used for third-person reference and, in some clauses, tagged as affirmation.

The supplied occurrences show hu functioning grammatically to refer to a person or thing in the clause, with forms tagged as third-person personal or demonstrative; several occurrences are instead tagged as particles of affirmation.

Senses in use

  1. Third-person reference and affirmation in clauses · dominant

    The supplied morphology marks personal third-person forms in Daniel 2:21, where the APB renders a sequence of actions with “He,” and in Daniel 2:44, where it describes the kingdom that “will stand forever.” It also marks a demonstrative form in Daniel 2:32 within the description of the image, while Daniel 2:20 and Daniel 2:47 are tagged as particles of affirmation in statements about God.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Its treatment cannot be assigned token by token. It presents the surrounding clauses with third-person wording such as “He” in Daniel 2:21 and “It” in Daniel 2:44, while affirmation-tagged occurrences are absorbed into the statements' phrasing.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture