היא
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hiːʔ/
(file)
Pronoun[edit]
הִיא • (hi) f
- she, it
- Tanach, Genesis 35:19, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַתָּמָת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם
- vatámot rachél vatikavvér b'dérech efráta hi bet láchem
- And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem
- Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject.
- Maimonides, משנה תורה, שגגות chapter 9:
- כבר ביארנו בהלכות ביאות אסורות מה היא השפחה החרופה האמורה בתורה
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Maimonides, משנה תורה, שגגות chapter 9:
See also[edit]
Hebrew personal pronouns
singular | plural | |||
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1st person | אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1] |
אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2] | ||
2nd person | m | אַתָּה (atá) | אַתֶּם (atém) | |
f | אַתְּ (at) | אַתֶּן (atén) | ||
3rd person | m | הוּא (hu) | הֵם (hem)[PP 3] | |
f | הִיא (hi) | הֵן (hen)[PP 3] | ||
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