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2 Kings 14:25
“He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1931 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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
- Derivation
- of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;
- KJV renderings
- he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
- Grammar
- ה֗וּא — personal pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,889 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:12Genesis 2:13Genesis 2:14Genesis 2:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הוּא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.