Aramaic

Verb

הוא • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to be, to exist

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(h)u/

Pronoun

הוּא • ‎(hu) m sg

1. (personal) he, it
2. Used as a copula: is.
3. (הִוא, hí) (Biblical Hebrew) Archaic spelling of הִיא.

Usage notes

• The received text of the Bible (the Masoretic Text) has many instances where the normally-masculine spelling הוא is used in a context where a feminine form is expected. The Masoretic tradition says to use the feminine pronunciation /hi/, normally spelled הִיא, in these cases. To indicate this pronunciation, it is written with the vowel diacritics of הִיא: ‎ הִוא. This is one of a few examples of a qere perpetuum in the Masoretic Text.

See also

Etymology 2

From הָוָה ‎(havá, “to be”).

Verb

הֱוֵא • ‎(hevé)

1. (rare) Be: used as an imperative.
   • Job 37:6, with translation of the King James Version:

     כִּי לַשֶּׁלַג ׀ יֹאמַר הֱוֵא אָרֶץ וְגֶשֶׁם מָטָר וְגֶשֶׁם מִטְרוֹת עֻזּוֹ׃‎

     ki lashélag yomár hevé áretz v'géshem matár v'géshem mitrót uzó.

     For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Usage notes

• Strong's Concordance treats *הָוָא ‎(havá) together with הָוָה ‎(havá).^[1]

References

1. ↑ “H1933”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

• אוה