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Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
הִיא • (hi) f
- 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
- Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject.
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