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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הוּא H1931

Pronunciation hûʾ

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

He 250× Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 10:9

it 118× Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 24:65

that 108× Genesis 2:19, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 21:31

On that 87× 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 that 48× Genesis 21:22, Numbers 22:4, Deuteronomy 1:9, Deuteronomy 1:16

she 46× Genesis 3:12, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 20:2

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

this 40× Genesis 29:2, Exodus 8:19, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 29:22

in that 38× Genesis 35:22, Numbers 14:45, Joshua 20:6, Isaiah 2:11

(that is 35× Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:3, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:8

who 29× Genesis 10:8, Genesis 38:21, Leviticus 20:4, Numbers 5:14

they 23× 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 he 13× Genesis 49:19, Numbers 27:3, Numbers 35:23, Joshua 8:14

himself 13× Numbers 19:20, Deuteronomy 3:22, Deuteronomy 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:8

and that 12× Genesis 26:24, Exodus 32:28, Numbers 14:1, Deuteronomy 10:10

is 11× Genesis 31:43, Genesis 45:20, Numbers 9:13, Numbers 16:40

And on that 9× Exodus 13:8, Judges 20:35, 1 Samuel 12:18, Isaiah 7:23

And she 9× Genesis 20:5, Leviticus 20:18, Numbers 5:13, Judges 4:5

vvv 9× Genesis 28:11, Leviticus 19:20, Deuteronomy 1:38, Deuteronomy 18:6

while he 9× Genesis 18:1, Genesis 32:21, Judges 3:20, 2 Samuel 17:2

And at that 8× 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 he 8× Numbers 16:11, Deuteronomy 32:6, 2 Samuel 9:4, 2 Kings 18:22

That same 8× Exodus 5:6, Leviticus 22:30, Numbers 9:6, 1 Samuel 4:12

the 8× Genesis 32:13, Genesis 32:21, Genesis 41:31, Exodus 34:3

am He 7× Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:25

and 7× Genesis 18:8, Genesis 25:29, 2 Samuel 19:9, 1 Kings 1:35

and it 7× Genesis 19:20, Deuteronomy 30:13, Job 5:27, Ecclesiastes 6:1

which 7× Numbers 5:18, Numbers 18:16, Judges 1:26, 2 Kings 18:9

of that 6× Genesis 2:12, Deuteronomy 13:3, Deuteronomy 13:15, Deuteronomy 22:18

So that 6× 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 he 5× Genesis 24:54, Exodus 29:21, Leviticus 13:17, Leviticus 25:41

against that 4× Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:5, Deuteronomy 29:20, Ezekiel 14:8

And as he 4× 1 Samuel 17:23, 2 Samuel 20:8, 2 Kings 2:23, 2 Kings 6:30

and they 4× Exodus 32:9, Deuteronomy 9:13, Hosea 2:23, Zechariah 13:9

are 4× Joshua 13:14, 2 Samuel 7:28, 1 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 17:26

But it 4× 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 is 4× Genesis 20:13, 1 Kings 18:27, Jeremiah 38:5

it is 4× Exodus 1:16, Leviticus 15:23, Jeremiah 30:7, Jeremiah 32:43

So at that 4× 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 he 4× 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 that 3× 1 Samuel 7:10, 2 Samuel 7:4, 1 Chronicles 17:3

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

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

from that 3× 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 18:9, 1 Samuel 30:25

him 3× Deuteronomy 21:23, Jeremiah 40:1, Ezekiel 14:9

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

is it 3× Genesis 19:20, Exodus 16:15, Zechariah 5:6

is the one 3× 1 Chronicles 28:6, Nehemiah 2:20, Esther 7:5

is the one who 3× 2 Samuel 14:19, Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20

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

that is 3× 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 1:45, 1 Chronicles 11:5

That very 3× Genesis 30:35, 1 Kings 16:16, 2 Kings 19:35

the one 3× Numbers 16:7, 2 Kings 4:9, Ezekiel 38:17

These 3× Isaiah 30:9, Ezekiel 10:15, Ezekiel 10:20

Throughout that 3× Genesis 47:17, 1 Kings 22:35, 2 Chronicles 18:34

was 3× Genesis 42:6, Joshua 11:10, 1 Kings 11:28

[It is] He 2× 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 that 2× Isaiah 25:9, Amos 8:9

As she 2× Genesis 38:25, Judges 13:9

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

Balaam 2× Numbers 22:22

but at that 2× Deuteronomy 9:20, Daniel 12:1

but the 2× Numbers 5:31, 2 Kings 3:17

But this 2× Isaiah 10:7, Isaiah 42:22

But when He 2× Job 34:29, Jeremiah 37:13

Does He 2× Numbers 23:19, Job 31:4

for she 2× Genesis 20:3, Hosea 2:8

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

he is still 2× Leviticus 13:40, Leviticus 13:41

he was 2× Genesis 29:12, 1 Kings 12:2

in such 2× 1 Kings 10:10, Amos 5:13

Is this 2× Joshua 10:13, Jeremiah 22:16

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

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

On that same 2× Genesis 26:32, 1 Kings 8:64

Only He 2× Isaiah 8:13

she [is] 2× Leviticus 18:14, Ruth 2:6

she [was] 2× 2 Kings 9:34, Esther 1:11

since he 2× Genesis 14:18, Job 21:22

So he 2× Genesis 31:21, Judges 7:11

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

So she 2× Genesis 26:9, Judges 11:38

such 2× 2 Chronicles 9:9, Jeremiah 3:1

The city 2× Ezekiel 11:3, Ezekiel 11:11

the person 2× Leviticus 13:36, Leviticus 13:39

them 2× Genesis 48:20, Numbers 21:33

When that 2× Genesis 47:18, 1 Samuel 8:18

whoever 2× Leviticus 17:14, Proverbs 6:32

(he 1× 1 Kings 4:15

(that 1× 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 Himself 1× Isaiah 63:10

[and] it 1× 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] who 1× Genesis 42:6

[his cloak] 1× Exodus 22:27

[is the] 1× Genesis 2:14

[is] 1× Ecclesiastes 2:24

[is] He 1× Deuteronomy 32:4

[is] it 1× Job 9:24

[Jacob] 1× Genesis 32:18

[Job was] the 1× 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] is 1× Ezekiel 18:9

[that part] belongs 1× 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 he 1× Leviticus 5:1

above 1× Micah 4:1

after Arba 1× Joshua 14:15

After Ehud 1× Judges 3:24

against this 1× Deuteronomy 29:27

Ahaziah 1× 2 Chronicles 22:3

am He who knows 1× Jeremiah 29:23

am the one 1× 1 Chronicles 21:17

Amaziah 1× 2 Kings 14:7

And [Eli] 1× 1 Samuel 4:18

and [only] the man 1× Exodus 21:4

and as soon as she 1× 1 Kings 14:17

And at the same 1× 2 Chronicles 16:10

And from that 1× 1 Samuel 18:2

and he became their leader 1× Judges 3:27

and He Himself 1× Isaiah 38:15

And he is 1× 1 Samuel 28:14

And he too 1× Judges 3:31

and he was 1× Amos 2:9

and her 1× Numbers 5:13

and it [was] 1× Ezekiel 37:1

And on that same 1× Nehemiah 12:44

and she herself 1× Lamentations 1:4

and that it 1× 1 Samuel 6:9

and that very 1× Genesis 26:12

and the city 1× Ezekiel 11:7

and the woman 1× 1 Kings 17:15

and who 1× 2 Samuel 21:16

And yet He 1× Psalms 78:38

are he 1× Jeremiah 22:28

As [Abigail] 1× 1 Samuel 25:20

as he 1× Job 2:8

As it 1× Genesis 40:10

at the regular 1× 2 Chronicles 30:3

Beerah 1× 1 Chronicles 5:6

belongs 1× Exodus 13:2

both [the chief baker] 1× Genesis 41:11

both him 1× Exodus 35:34

both that animal 1× Leviticus 27:10

both the animal 1× Leviticus 27:33

But [Jacob] himself 1× Genesis 33:3

But [Rahab] 1× Joshua 2:6

But as he 1× Judges 4:21

But as Saul 1× 1 Samuel 19:9

but Eleazar 1× 2 Samuel 23:10

but he is 1× Hosea 13:13

But He is unchangeable 1× Job 23:13

but he then 1× Ezekiel 33:13

But if that 1× Jeremiah 18:8

But it was He 1× Job 22:18

But on that 1× Exodus 8:22

But only the one 1× Genesis 44:10

but they 1× Numbers 24:24

but when 1× 1 Kings 2:8

by that 1× 1 Kings 19:8

Can it 1× Habakkuk 2:19

comes 1× 1 Chronicles 29:16

David 1× 1 Samuel 18:15

Does not the One 1× Proverbs 24:12

during that 1× Judges 11:26

Elisha 1× 2 Kings 6:32

even 1× 1 Samuel 21:5

even those 1× Genesis 17:12

even though she 1× Numbers 5:14

Finally, Saul himself 1× 1 Samuel 19:22

for at that 1× Judges 14:4

for Elijah 1× 1 Kings 17:15

For he [is such] 1× 1 Samuel 25:17

for that is all she is 1× Ezekiel 23:43

For this [joy] 1× Ecclesiastes 8:15

for what he 1× Job 21:31

for whom 1× Jeremiah 30:17

from his 1× Ecclesiastes 3:9

from which 1× Deuteronomy 11:10

Gehazi 1× 2 Kings 8:5

had taken 1× Job 3:6

has changed 1× Psalms 77:10

Has He not 1× Deuteronomy 32:6

He [became] 1× Ruth 4:17

he [was a] 1× Exodus 2:2

he has 1× Exodus 22:27

He is to be feared 1× 1 Chronicles 16:25

He must be 1× Judges 3:24

herself 1× Genesis 20:5

his relation 1× Esther 8:1

However, while Elah 1× 1 Kings 16:9

If he 1× Ezekiel 33:5

If only that 1× Job 3:4

in 1× Deuteronomy 1:44

in the 1× Genesis 26:12

into his own 1× Proverbs 28:10

is like 1× Numbers 13:18

is mine 1× Exodus 22:9

is that 1× Genesis 23:15

is there 1× 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 LORD 1× 1 Samuel 6:9

it was he 1× 1 Kings 14:2

It was this 1× Exodus 6:26

Jehoram 1× 2 Chronicles 21:11

Jonathan 1× 1 Samuel 20:36

Joseph 1× Genesis 37:3

Let it 1× Joshua 2:21

let it be 1× Joshua 22:27

man 1× Isaiah 9:15

May 1× Jeremiah 20:16

May he 1× Ruth 2:20

may she 1× Genesis 24:44

may that 1× Job 3:7

Moreover, Ahaz 1× 2 Chronicles 28:3

Now [Abram] 1× Genesis 14:13

Now Ahijah 1× 1 Kings 11:29

Now she 1× 2 Samuel 11:4

of that same 1× Jeremiah 28:1

of that very 1× Jeremiah 28:17

of the LORD 1× Proverbs 19:21

of the same 1× Exodus 39:5

of this 1× Zechariah 3:9

On that very 1× Judges 6:25

On that very same 1× Ezekiel 23:38

On the very 1× Ezekiel 23:39

one 1× Genesis 15:4

only 1× Isaiah 35:8

or 1× Ecclesiastes 5:14

out of that 1× Exodus 3:8

remain the same 1× Psalms 102:27

Ruth 1× Ruth 1:18

shall be 1× 1 Chronicles 22:1

she herself 1× Lamentations 1:8

She is 1× Genesis 12:19

since [Lot] 1× Genesis 14:12

since it 1× Judges 13:18

Since the exile 1× Jeremiah 29:28

So man 1× Job 13:28

so that he 1× Genesis 39:22

So that very 1× Deuteronomy 31:22

So this 1× 2 Samuel 2:16

Such a 1× Deuteronomy 13:5

that [slave] 1× Leviticus 22:11

that [would be] 1× Job 31:11

that he 1× Ecclesiastes 10:3

that on that 1× Ezekiel 38:19

that would be 1× Deuteronomy 24:6

The altar [is] 1× Exodus 30:10

The LORD 1× Hosea 10:2

The wind 1× Hosea 13:15

Then 1× 2 Samuel 17:10

then it is 1× Leviticus 13:49

Then Naaman 1× 2 Kings 5:15

Then Saul 1× 1 Samuel 19:24

Then she 1× 2 Chronicles 9:12

then that 1× Ezekiel 33:8

then that one 1× Ezekiel 33:6

Then they 1× Zechariah 9:7

these things 1× Deuteronomy 32:34

they [are] 1× Jeremiah 6:23

They are 1× Judges 20:39

they are to 1× Exodus 12:4

they will know 1× Isaiah 52:6

this [had come ] 1× 2 Chronicles 25:20

this is 1× Ecclesiastes 3:13

this thing 1× Hosea 8:6

this will be 1× Job 13:16

Though he 1× 1 Chronicles 5:1

though it 1× Deuteronomy 14:8

though she is 1× Malachi 2:14

though the father 1× Ezekiel 18:11

throughout 1× Nahum 2:8

to that 1× Ezekiel 46:3

upon which 1× Ezekiel 22:24

Was he 1× Jeremiah 2:14

was it 1× Genesis 27:33

Was it not 1× 1 Samuel 17:29

What 1× Ecclesiastes 1:13

When 1× Judges 15:14

When [Gaal] 1× Judges 9:33

When Gehazi 1× 2 Kings 5:25

where [they] 1× Genesis 19:30

where she 1× Joshua 2:15

whether 1× Leviticus 13:55

which [is] 1× Leviticus 7:1

While [Jeremiah] 1× Jeremiah 33:1

while he himself 1× 1 Kings 19:4

while Ish-bosheth 1× 2 Samuel 4:7

while the king 1× 2 Samuel 4:5

while they 1× Zechariah 14:12

who [was] 1× Genesis 34:19

who that very 1× Judges 10:8

will be the same 1× Isaiah 46:4

will bring about 1× Leviticus 15:3

will himself 1× Proverbs 11:25

with the help of 1× Nehemiah 3:12

with which 1× Ecclesiastes 2:22

Yes, He 1× Zechariah 6:13

Yet 1× Isaiah 31:2

Yet He 1× Isaiah 53:12

yet it 1× Proverbs 30:28

You 1× Psalms 39:7

you can 1× Joshua 17:18

You were 1× Micah 1:13

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Usage map

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

First aligned row Genesis 2:11

Aligned rows 1,879

Books represented 39

Genesis 182 Exodus 75 Leviticus 169 Numbers 90 Deuteronomy 128 Joshua 80 Judges 81 Ruth 11 1 Samuel 96 2 Samuel 58 1 Kings 72 2 Kings 57 1 Chronicles 56 2 Chronicles 58 Ezra 12 Nehemiah 24 Esther 25 Job 51 Psalms 56 Proverbs 39 Ecclesiastes 38 Song Of Solomon 5 Isaiah 110 Jeremiah 84 Lamentations 5 Ezekiel 89 Daniel 8 Hosea 22 Joel 3 Amos 15 Obadiah 1 Jonah 1 Micah 11 Nahum 5 Habakkuk 6 Zephaniah 8 Haggai 4 Zechariah 37 Malachi 7

Source forms

ה֖וּא 124x hū Genesis 9:18, Genesis 14:3, Genesis 14:17, Genesis 15:2

ה֣וּא 117x hū Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 4:20

ה֥וּא 93x hū Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 19:37

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

ה֔וּא 67x hū Genesis 20:7, Genesis 29:12, Exodus 2:2, Exodus 16:15

הַה֔וּא 66x ha·hū Genesis 26:24, Exodus 32:28, Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:4

הַה֖וּא 56x ha·hū Genesis 21:31, Genesis 22:14, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 32:2

ה֑וּא 53x hū Genesis 10:21, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 29:12

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - third person masculine singular 864x Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19

Pronoun - third person feminine singular 316x Genesis 3:12, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 7:2

Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular 313x Genesis 15:18, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 22:14

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular 214x Genesis 3:16, Genesis 14:12, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:18

Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular 126x Genesis 2:12, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 21:22

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular 44x Genesis 19:20, Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 38:14

Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Jeremiah 29:23

Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine singular 1x Ecclesiastes 2:22

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What does הוּא (hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

What does הוּא (hûʾ) mean in the Bible?

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Where does הוּא (hûʾ) appear in Scripture?

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