He/she/it
הוּאStrong’s H1932hu
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hu is the Aramaic word usually translated “it” and “he”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.”
Meaning
- He, she, it(emphasising and resuming subject) · (anticipating subj) · as demons pron · (relative) · (affirming existence)
How it's translated
- it 9
- he 8
- and it 3
- and he 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 20
- Ezra 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:20In contextDaniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
- Daniel 2:21In contextAnd he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
- Daniel 2:22In contextHe revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Daniel 2:28In contextBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
- Daniel 2:32In contextThis image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
- Daniel 2:38In contextAnd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Aramaic dictionary
הוּא hu · he/she/it
1) he, she, it 1a) (emphasising and resuming subject) 1b)(anticipating subj) 1c) as demons pron 1d) (relative) 1e) (affirming existence)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “it” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IT, pronoun
[Latin id.]
- A substitute or pronoun of the neuter gender, sometimes called demonstrative, and standing for any thing except males and females, 'Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.' Here it is the substitute for heart. Proverbs 9:12
- it is much used as the nominative case or word to verbs called impersonal; as it rains; it snows.
- Very often, it is used to introduce a sentence, preceding a verb as a nominative, but referring to a clause or distinct member of the sentence. 'It is well ascertained, that the figure of the earth is an oblate spheroid.' What is well ascertained?
- it often begins a sentence, when a personal pronoun, or the name of a person, or a masculine noun follows. it is I:be not afraid. it was Judas who betrayed Christ.
All definitions
- it is used also for the state of a person or affair.
- it is used after intransitive verbs very indefinitely and sometimes ludicrously, but rarely in an elevated style.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.