Original Language Studio
Psalms 78:38
“But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
הוּאhûwʼ · hoo
H1931 · Hebrew
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
- וְ — conjunction
- ה֤וּא — 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.