היא

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.

Pronunciation
  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hiːʔ/
  • (file)

Pronoun

הִיא • (hi) f

  1. she, it
    • Tanach, Leviticus 10:19:
      כִּי חָקְךָ וְחָק בָּנֶיךָ הִוא מֵאִשֵּׁי יהוה
      ki chokchá v'chol banéch hi meishé YHVH
      because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire
    • 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
  2. Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject.

See also
Hebrew personal pronouns
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]
  1. The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
  2. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
  3. 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.

References
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