היא
Hebrew
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.
Pronunciation
edit- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hiːʔ/
- (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA(key): /i.i/, [ˈʔiː.iˑ]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhiː/, [ˈhiː]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhi/, [ˈhiː]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /hi/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hi/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hi/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hi/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(h)i/
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Pronoun
editהִיא • (hi) f
- she, it
- Tanach, Genesis 35:19, with translation of the King James Version:
- וַתָּמׇת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם
- vatámot rachél vatikavér 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| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
- ^ The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
- ^ In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם (atém) and הֵם (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן (atén) and הֵן (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.