Lexical Definition

‎הוּא‎ hûwʼ (hoo) he/she/it ^A:PerP-CS
(Aramaic) or (feminine) הִיא hîyʼ (he); (Aramaic), corresponding to ‎הוּא‎

[idiom] are, it, this.

• {he (she or it)
• self, or (especially with the article) the same
• sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that
• occasionally (instead of copula) as or are}

1) he, she, it
1a) (emphasising and resuming subject)
1b)(anticipating subj)
1c) as demons pron
1d) (relative)
1e) (affirming existence)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: הוּא

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: הוּא
‎הוּא‎₁₄ masculine ‎הִיא‎₇ feminine pronoun of 3 singular he, she, it (= Biblical Hebrew ‎הוּא‎, ‎הִיא‎; Zinjirli and Palmyrene (once) ‎הא‎, Palmyrene (usually), Nabataean, Egyptian Aramaic ‎הו‎, feminine ‎׳‎‎ה‎, Lzb²⁵⁷, S-C^{Pap. A 1, 12}+; A 4, C 9 +. The plural is ‎אִנּוּן‎, q. v.); — he, she, it, Dan 2:21 ‎וְהוּא מְהַשְׁנֵא ֗֗֗ ‎ and he will change, etc., vDan 2:22 vDan 2:44; Dan 6:5*; Dan 7:7; Dan 7:24; Ezra 5:8; Dan 2:32 ‎הוּא צַלְמָא‎ that image (nom. pend. ['hanging' noun clause]); Dan 4:19* ‎אַנְתָּה הוּא‎ thou art it. Resuming the subject with emphatic (Biblical Hebrew 2 b) Dan 2:47; Dan 6:17* resuming the subject in predication (ib. 3 b) Dan 2:20 ‎חָכְמְתָא וּגְבוּרְתָּא דִּילֵֿהּ הִיא‎ it is his, vDan 2:28. Anticipating the subject (ib. 4 a) Dan 2:9 ‎חֲדָא הִיא דָֽתְכוֺן‎; with a pronoun (ib. 4 b) Dan 2:38 ‎אַנְתְּה הוּא ֗֗֗ ‎ thou art the head of gold Dan 5:13; Dan 3:15 ‎מָן הוּא אֱלָהּ ֗֗֗ ‎ who is the god . . . ? (so plural ‎אִנּוּן‎ Ezra 5:4); Ezra 4:27 ‎הֲלָא דָא הִיא ֗֗֗ ‎ (ib. 4 b γ); Ezra 6:27 ‎דִּי הוּא ֗֗֗ ‎ who is . . . (ib. 2 c), Ezra 6:15 (so ‎דִּי אִנוּן ֗֗֗ ‎ Dan 7:17). [compare in ᵑ7 Exod 14:25; Exod 15:11; 2Sam 20:19; 2Sam 24:17; Ps 43:2; Ps 63:4*; Ps 66:3 +.] Affirming existence (Biblical Hebrew 6 b) Dan 4:21*. compare Dr ^{§§ 198-201}, K^{§ 87, 3}.

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