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Daniel 2:32

“This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הוּאhûwʼ · hoo
H1932 · Aramaic

Definition: {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}
Derivation: (Aramaic) or (feminine) הִיא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1931 (הוּא)
KJV renderings: [idiom] are, it, this.
Grammar: ה֣וּא — demonstrative pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code APd3ms
Usage: Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 5:8 Ezra 6:15 Daniel 2:9 Daniel 2:20 Daniel 2:21

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.

Verse 31 Verse 33

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.