Hebrew · H1931

הוּא

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

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הוּאH1931

Pronunciationhûʾ

What does הוּא (hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

הוּא (hûʾ): Third person pronoun functioning as copula substitute; carries emphatic force when expressed rather than inflected in verb.

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Questions this entry answers

What does הוּא (hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

הוּא (hûʾ): Third person pronoun functioning as copula substitute; carries emphatic force when expressed rather than inflected in verb.

How does the BSB render H1931?

The BSB source-word alignment has 1,879 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (308), He (250), it (118), that (108), On that (87).

Where does הוּא (hûʾ) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (182), Leviticus (169), Deuteronomy (128), Isaiah (110).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

. . .308×Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 9:18

He250×Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 10:9

it118×Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 24:65

that108×Genesis 2:19, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 21:31

On that87×Genesis 15:18, Leviticus 27:23, Numbers 6:11, Numbers 9:6

-74×Genesis 3:6, Genesis 7:2, Genesis 9:3, Genesis 36:43

At that48×Genesis 21:22, Numbers 22:4, Deuteronomy 1:9, Deuteronomy 1:16

she46×Genesis 3:12, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 20:2

and he42×Genesis 3:16, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 48:19

this40×Genesis 29:2, Exodus 8:19, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 29:22

in that38×Genesis 35:22, Numbers 14:45, Joshua 20:6, Isaiah 2:11

(that is35×Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:3, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:8

who29×Genesis 10:8, Genesis 38:21, Leviticus 20:4, Numbers 5:14

they23×Genesis 30:33, Genesis 32:18, Exodus 1:10, Leviticus 22:7

It [is]21×Genesis 20:16, Genesis 37:32, Exodus 29:14, Exodus 34:10

but he13×Genesis 49:19, Numbers 27:3, Numbers 35:23, Joshua 8:14

himself13×Numbers 19:20, Deuteronomy 3:22, Deuteronomy 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:8

and that12×Genesis 26:24, Exodus 32:28, Numbers 14:1, Deuteronomy 10:10

is11×Genesis 31:43, Genesis 45:20, Numbers 9:13, Numbers 16:40

And on that9×Exodus 13:8, Judges 20:35, 1 Samuel 12:18, Isaiah 7:23

And she9×Genesis 20:5, Leviticus 20:18, Numbers 5:13, Judges 4:5

vvv9×Genesis 28:11, Leviticus 19:20, Deuteronomy 1:38, Deuteronomy 18:6

while he9×Genesis 18:1, Genesis 32:21, Judges 3:20, 2 Samuel 17:2

And at that8×Deuteronomy 1:18, Judges 21:14, Judges 21:24, Jeremiah 33:15

he [is]8×Genesis 6:3, Deuteronomy 30:20, 1 Samuel 20:26, 2 Samuel 9:4

is he8×Numbers 16:11, Deuteronomy 32:6, 2 Samuel 9:4, 2 Kings 18:22

That same8×Exodus 5:6, Leviticus 22:30, Numbers 9:6, 1 Samuel 4:12

the8×Genesis 32:13, Genesis 32:21, Genesis 41:31, Exodus 34:3

am He7×Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:25

and7×Genesis 18:8, Genesis 25:29, 2 Samuel 19:9, 1 Kings 1:35

and it7×Genesis 19:20, Deuteronomy 30:13, Job 5:27, Ecclesiastes 6:1

which7×Numbers 5:18, Numbers 18:16, Judges 1:26, 2 Kings 18:9

of that6×Genesis 2:12, Deuteronomy 13:3, Deuteronomy 13:15, Deuteronomy 22:18

So that6×Genesis 19:33, Genesis 33:16, Numbers 11:3, Joshua 5:9

it [was]5×Judges 6:22, Judges 13:16, 1 Kings 3:4, 2 Kings 1:8

Then he5×Genesis 24:54, Exodus 29:21, Leviticus 13:17, Leviticus 25:41

against that4×Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:5, Deuteronomy 29:20, Ezekiel 14:8

And as he4×1 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 20:8, 2 Kings 2:23, 2 Kings 6:30

and they4×Exodus 32:9, Deuteronomy 9:13, Hosea 2:23, Zechariah 13:9

are4×Joshua 13:14, 2 Samuel 7:28, 1 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 17:26

But it4×Ecclesiastes 2:1, Ecclesiastes 7:23, Ezekiel 21:23, Ezekiel 44:1

He [was]4×1 Kings 7:14, 1 Chronicles 15:22, 2 Chronicles 26:23, Ezra 7:6

He is4×Genesis 20:13, 1 Kings 18:27, Jeremiah 38:5

it is4×Exodus 1:16, Leviticus 15:23, Jeremiah 30:7, Jeremiah 32:43

So at that4×Judges 12:6, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Kings 3:6, 2 Chronicles 7:8

This [is]4×Genesis 36:24, Numbers 19:9, Isaiah 27:11, Jeremiah 50:25

when he4×Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 5:4, 1 Chronicles 2:21, Isaiah 19:16

[he]3×Genesis 17:14, 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22

But that3×1 Samuel 7:10, 2 Samuel 7:4, 1 Chronicles 17:3

for he3×Genesis 24:62, Psalms 95:5, Proverbs 3:29

for that3×Deuteronomy 14:28, Proverbs 23:3, Jeremiah 46:10

from that3×1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 18:9, 1 Samuel 30:25

him3×Deuteronomy 21:23, Jeremiah 40:1, Ezekiel 14:9

his3×2 Chronicles 26:20, Job 15:20, Micah 7:3

is it3×Genesis 19:20, Exodus 16:15, Zechariah 5:6

is the one3×1 Chronicles 28:6, Nehemiah 2:20, Esther 7:5

is the one who3×2 Samuel 14:19, Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20

that [is]3×Deuteronomy 24:4, Joshua 15:13, Job 28:28

that is3×2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 1:45, 1 Chronicles 11:5

That very3×Genesis 30:35, 1 Kings 16:16, 2 Kings 19:35

the one3×Numbers 16:7, 2 Kings 4:9, Ezekiel 38:17

These3×Isaiah 30:9, Ezekiel 10:15, Ezekiel 10:20

Throughout that3×Genesis 47:17, 1 Kings 22:35, 2 Chronicles 18:34

was3×Genesis 42:6, Joshua 11:10, 1 Kings 11:28

[It is] He2×Psalms 100:3, Isaiah 33:22

[Joram]2×2 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 22:6

[the article]2×Leviticus 13:51, Leviticus 13:52

[who]2×Deuteronomy 8:18, 2 Samuel 13:8

And in that2×Isaiah 25:9, Amos 8:9

As she2×Genesis 38:25, Judges 13:9

at the same2×2 Kings 8:22, 2 Chronicles 21:10

Balaam2×Numbers 22:22

but at that2×Deuteronomy 9:20, Daniel 12:1

but the2×Numbers 5:31, 2 Kings 3:17

But this2×Isaiah 10:7, Isaiah 42:22

But when He2×Job 34:29, Jeremiah 37:13

Does He2×Numbers 23:19, Job 31:4

for she2×Genesis 20:3, Hosea 2:8

he himself2×Judges 3:19, 2 Chronicles 26:20

he is still2×Leviticus 13:40, Leviticus 13:41

he was2×Genesis 29:12, 1 Kings 12:2

in such2×1 Kings 10:10, Amos 5:13

Is this2×Joshua 10:13, Jeremiah 22:16

it was2×Exodus 16:15, 2 Chronicles 32:30

Jotham2×2 Kings 15:35, 2 Chronicles 27:3

On that same2×Genesis 26:32, 1 Kings 8:64

Only He2×Isaiah 8:13

she [is]2×Leviticus 18:14, Ruth 2:6

she [was]2×2 Kings 9:34, Esther 1:11

since he2×Genesis 14:18, Job 21:22

So he2×Genesis 31:21, Judges 7:11

So on that2×2 Samuel 3:37, 2 Chronicles 35:16

So she2×Genesis 26:9, Judges 11:38

such2×2 Chronicles 9:9, Jeremiah 3:1

The city2×Ezekiel 11:3, Ezekiel 11:11

the person2×Leviticus 13:36, Leviticus 13:39

them2×Genesis 48:20, Numbers 21:33

When that2×Genesis 47:18, 1 Samuel 8:18

whoever2×Leviticus 17:14, Proverbs 6:32

(he1×1 Kings 4:15

(that1×Genesis 48:7

[Abraham]1×Genesis 20:5

[Abram]1×Genesis 14:15

[Achan]1×Joshua 22:20

[Adonijah was]1×1 Kings 1:6

[and] He Himself1×Isaiah 63:10

[and] it1×Psalms 118:23

[Azariah was the one]1×2 Kings 14:22

[Baal]1×Judges 6:31

[David]1×1 Samuel 20:26

[death]1×Ecclesiastes 7:2

[Elkanah]1×1 Samuel 1:3

[he was the one] who1×Genesis 42:6

[his cloak]1×Exodus 22:27

[is the]1×Genesis 2:14

[is]1×Ecclesiastes 2:24

[is] He1×Deuteronomy 32:4

[is] it1×Job 9:24

[Jacob]1×Genesis 32:18

[Job was] the1×Job 1:3

[Jotham]1×2 Chronicles 27:5

[Machir]1×Joshua 17:1

[Moses]1×Exodus 18:14

[Rahab]1×Joshua 2:8

[Saul]1×1 Samuel 19:23

[Shem]1×Genesis 10:21

[Solomon]1×1 Kings 4:24

[Tamar]1×Genesis 38:25

[That man] is1×Ezekiel 18:9

[that part] belongs1×Numbers 18:9

[that son]1×Deuteronomy 21:17

[the animal]1×Exodus 22:15

[the child]1×Exodus 1:16

[the city was ]1×Judges 18:28

[the food]1×Ezekiel 4:12

[the man]1×1 Kings 20:40

[the one making the vow]1×Leviticus 27:8

[the person]1×Leviticus 14:21

[the priest]1×Leviticus 21:7

[the seed]1×Leviticus 11:37

[the servant is]1×Exodus 21:21

[the servant]1×Genesis 24:15

[the sin]1×Numbers 15:25

[the sword]1×Ezekiel 21:12

[there is]1×Job 32:8

[This Jeroboam]1×2 Kings 14:25

[Uzziah was the one]1×2 Chronicles 26:2

[when] it [is]1×Job 37:21

[your vow]1×Ecclesiastes 5:6

about something he1×Leviticus 5:1

above1×Micah 4:1

after Arba1×Joshua 14:15

After Ehud1×Judges 3:24

against this1×Deuteronomy 29:27

Ahaziah1×2 Chronicles 22:3

am He who knows1×Jeremiah 29:23

am the one1×1 Chronicles 21:17

Amaziah1×2 Kings 14:7

And [Eli]1×1 Samuel 4:18

and [only] the man1×Exodus 21:4

and as soon as she1×1 Kings 14:17

And at the same1×2 Chronicles 16:10

And from that1×1 Samuel 18:2

and he became their leader1×Judges 3:27

and He Himself1×Isaiah 38:15

And he is1×1 Samuel 28:14

And he too1×Judges 3:31

and he was1×Amos 2:9

and her1×Numbers 5:13

and it [was]1×Ezekiel 37:1

And on that same1×Nehemiah 12:44

and she herself1×Lamentations 1:4

and that it1×1 Samuel 6:9

and that very1×Genesis 26:12

and the city1×Ezekiel 11:7

and the woman1×1 Kings 17:15

and who1×2 Samuel 21:16

And yet He1×Psalms 78:38

are he1×Jeremiah 22:28

As [Abigail]1×1 Samuel 25:20

as he1×Job 2:8

As it1×Genesis 40:10

at the regular1×2 Chronicles 30:3

Beerah1×1 Chronicles 5:6

belongs1×Exodus 13:2

both [the chief baker]1×Genesis 41:11

both him1×Exodus 35:34

both that animal1×Leviticus 27:10

both the animal1×Leviticus 27:33

But [Jacob] himself1×Genesis 33:3

But [Rahab]1×Joshua 2:6

But as he1×Judges 4:21

But as Saul1×1 Samuel 19:9

but Eleazar1×2 Samuel 23:10

but he is1×Hosea 13:13

But He is unchangeable1×Job 23:13

but he then1×Ezekiel 33:13

But if that1×Jeremiah 18:8

But it was He1×Job 22:18

But on that1×Exodus 8:22

But only the one1×Genesis 44:10

but they1×Numbers 24:24

but when1×1 Kings 2:8

by that1×1 Kings 19:8

Can it1×Habakkuk 2:19

comes1×1 Chronicles 29:16

David1×1 Samuel 18:15

Does not the One1×Proverbs 24:12

during that1×Judges 11:26

Elisha1×2 Kings 6:32

even1×1 Samuel 21:5

even those1×Genesis 17:12

even though she1×Numbers 5:14

Finally, Saul himself1×1 Samuel 19:22

for at that1×Judges 14:4

for Elijah1×1 Kings 17:15

For he [is such]1×1 Samuel 25:17

for that is all she is1×Ezekiel 23:43

For this [joy]1×Ecclesiastes 8:15

for what he1×Job 21:31

for whom1×Jeremiah 30:17

from his1×Ecclesiastes 3:9

from which1×Deuteronomy 11:10

Gehazi1×2 Kings 8:5

had taken1×Job 3:6

has changed1×Psalms 77:10

Has He not1×Deuteronomy 32:6

He [became]1×Ruth 4:17

he [was a]1×Exodus 2:2

he has1×Exodus 22:27

He is to be feared1×1 Chronicles 16:25

He must be1×Judges 3:24

herself1×Genesis 20:5

his relation1×Esther 8:1

However, while Elah1×1 Kings 16:9

If he1×Ezekiel 33:5

If only that1×Job 3:4

in1×Deuteronomy 1:44

in the1×Genesis 26:12

into his own1×Proverbs 28:10

is like1×Numbers 13:18

is mine1×Exodus 22:9

is that1×Genesis 23:15

is there1×Isaiah 50:9

it [had been]1×Judges 13:21

it [has]1×Leviticus 11:7

it [shall be]1×Exodus 12:2

It [will be]1×Amos 5:18

it is the LORD1×1 Samuel 6:9

it was he1×1 Kings 14:2

It was this1×Exodus 6:26

Jehoram1×2 Chronicles 21:11

Jonathan1×1 Samuel 20:36

Joseph1×Genesis 37:3

Let it1×Joshua 2:21

let it be1×Joshua 22:27

man1×Isaiah 9:15

May1×Jeremiah 20:16

May he1×Ruth 2:20

may she1×Genesis 24:44

may that1×Job 3:7

Moreover, Ahaz1×2 Chronicles 28:3

Now [Abram]1×Genesis 14:13

Now Ahijah1×1 Kings 11:29

Now she1×2 Samuel 11:4

of that same1×Jeremiah 28:1

of that very1×Jeremiah 28:17

of the LORD1×Proverbs 19:21

of the same1×Exodus 39:5

of this1×Zechariah 3:9

On that very1×Judges 6:25

On that very same1×Ezekiel 23:38

On the very1×Ezekiel 23:39

one1×Genesis 15:4

only1×Isaiah 35:8

or1×Ecclesiastes 5:14

out of that1×Exodus 3:8

remain the same1×Psalms 102:27

Ruth1×Ruth 1:18

shall be1×1 Chronicles 22:1

she herself1×Lamentations 1:8

She is1×Genesis 12:19

since [Lot]1×Genesis 14:12

since it1×Judges 13:18

Since the exile1×Jeremiah 29:28

So man1×Job 13:28

so that he1×Genesis 39:22

So that very1×Deuteronomy 31:22

So this1×2 Samuel 2:16

Such a1×Deuteronomy 13:5

that [slave]1×Leviticus 22:11

that [would be]1×Job 31:11

that he1×Ecclesiastes 10:3

that on that1×Ezekiel 38:19

that would be1×Deuteronomy 24:6

The altar [is]1×Exodus 30:10

The LORD1×Hosea 10:2

The wind1×Hosea 13:15

Then1×2 Samuel 17:10

then it is1×Leviticus 13:49

Then Naaman1×2 Kings 5:15

Then Saul1×1 Samuel 19:24

Then she1×2 Chronicles 9:12

then that1×Ezekiel 33:8

then that one1×Ezekiel 33:6

Then they1×Zechariah 9:7

these things1×Deuteronomy 32:34

they [are]1×Jeremiah 6:23

They are1×Judges 20:39

they are to1×Exodus 12:4

they will know1×Isaiah 52:6

this [had come ]1×2 Chronicles 25:20

this is1×Ecclesiastes 3:13

this thing1×Hosea 8:6

this will be1×Job 13:16

Though he1×1 Chronicles 5:1

though it1×Deuteronomy 14:8

though she is1×Malachi 2:14

though the father1×Ezekiel 18:11

throughout1×Nahum 2:8

to that1×Ezekiel 46:3

upon which1×Ezekiel 22:24

Was he1×Jeremiah 2:14

was it1×Genesis 27:33

Was it not1×1 Samuel 17:29

What1×Ecclesiastes 1:13

When1×Judges 15:14

When [Gaal]1×Judges 9:33

When Gehazi1×2 Kings 5:25

where [they]1×Genesis 19:30

where she1×Joshua 2:15

whether1×Leviticus 13:55

which [is]1×Leviticus 7:1

While [Jeremiah]1×Jeremiah 33:1

while he himself1×1 Kings 19:4

while Ish-bosheth1×2 Samuel 4:7

while the king1×2 Samuel 4:5

while they1×Zechariah 14:12

who [was]1×Genesis 34:19

who that very1×Judges 10:8

will be the same1×Isaiah 46:4

will bring about1×Leviticus 15:3

will himself1×Proverbs 11:25

with the help of1×Nehemiah 3:12

with which1×Ecclesiastes 2:22

Yes, He1×Zechariah 6:13

Yet1×Isaiah 31:2

Yet He1×Isaiah 53:12

yet it1×Proverbs 30:28

You1×Psalms 39:7

you can1×Joshua 17:18

You were1×Micah 1:13

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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 2:11

Aligned rows1,879

Books represented39

Genesis182Exodus75Leviticus169Numbers90Deuteronomy128Joshua80Judges81Ruth111 Samuel962 Samuel581 Kings722 Kings571 Chronicles562 Chronicles58Ezra12Nehemiah24Esther25Job51Psalms56Proverbs39Ecclesiastes38Song Of Solomon5Isaiah110Jeremiah84Lamentations5Ezekiel89Daniel8Hosea22Joel3Amos15Obadiah1Jonah1Micah11Nahum5Habakkuk6Zephaniah8Haggai4Zechariah37Malachi7

Source forms

ה֖וּא124xhūGenesis 9:18, Genesis 14:3, Genesis 14:17, Genesis 15:2

ה֣וּא117xhūGenesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 4:20

ה֥וּא93xhūGenesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 19:37

הֽוּא׃93xhūGenesis 17:12, Genesis 20:13, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 30:16

ה֔וּא67xhūGenesis 20:7, Genesis 29:12, Exodus 2:2, Exodus 16:15

הַה֔וּא66xha·hūGenesis 26:24, Exodus 32:28, Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:4

הַה֖וּא56xha·hūGenesis 21:31, Genesis 22:14, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 32:2

ה֑וּא53xhūGenesis 10:21, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 29:12

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - third person masculine singular864xGenesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19

Pronoun - third person feminine singular316xGenesis 3:12, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 7:2

Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular313xGenesis 15:18, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 22:14

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular214xGenesis 3:16, Genesis 14:12, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:18

Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular126xGenesis 2:12, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 21:22

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular44xGenesis 19:20, Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 38:14

Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular1xJeremiah 29:23

Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine singular1xEcclesiastes 2:22

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הוּא

What does הוּא (hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

What does הוּא (hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H1931?

Where does הוּא (hûʾ) appear in Scripture?

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