הִיא
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
behold like tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
הוּא: pron. of he, she, it tree →
The whole BDB entry
m. הִיא 7 f. pron. of 3 s. he, she, it (= BH הוּא, הִיא; Zinj. and Palm. (once) הא, Palm. (usually) Nab. Egyptian Aramaic הו, f. הי, Lzb257, S-CPap. A 1, 12 +; A 4, C 9 +. The pl. is אִנּוּן, q.v.);—he, she, it, Dn 2:21 וְהוּא מְהַשְׁנֵא … and he will change, etc., v 22, 44; 6:5; 7:7, 24 Ezr 5:8; Dn 2:32 הוּא צַלְמָא that image (nom. pend.); 4:19 אַנְתָּה הוּא thou art it. Resuming the subj. with emph. (BH 2 b) 2:47; 6:17; resuming the subj. in predication (ib. 3 b) 2:20 חָכְמְתָא וּגְבוּרְתָּא דִּי־לֵהּ הִיא it is his, v 28. Anticipating the subj. (ib. 4 a) 2:9 הֲדָא הִיא דָֽתְכוֹן; with a pron. (ib. 4 b) 2:38 אַנְתְּה הוּא … thou art the head of gold 5:13; 3:15 מַן הוּא אֱלָהּ … who is the good …? (so pl. אִנּוּן Ezr 5:4); 4:27 הֲלָא דָא הִיא … (ib. 4 b γ); 6:27 דִּי הוּא … who is … (ib. 2 c), Ezr 6:15 (so דִּי אִנּוּן … Dn 7:17). [cf. in 𝔗 Ex 14:25; 15:11 2 S 20:19; 24:17 ψ 43:2; 63:4; 66:3 +.] Affirming existence (BH 6 b) Dn 4:21. cf. K§ 87, 3. הוּבַד v. [אֲבַד].
Jastrow 1903
הִיא
The whole Jastrow entry
she, v. הוּא
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (15 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it (7).
In the verses
דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מָרִ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃
Word for word: this [is].the interpretation O king and.[is] the.decree of the.Most.High it which it.has.reached to lord my the king
JPS 1917: this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,
וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד י֥וֹם תְּלָתָ֖ה לִירַ֣ח אֲדָ֑ר דִּי־הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־שֵׁ֔ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא׃פ
Word for word: and it.was.finished the house this until day three of the.month of.Adar which it [was].year six of the.reign of.Darius the king
JPS 1917: And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
In Targum Onkelos
Number 39 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 177 times there, in the forms הִיא (153); וְהִיא (19); דְהִיא (3); דְּהִיא (1); דְהִּיא (1).
Genesis 24:57 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew
וַאֲמַרוּ נִקְרֵי לְעוּלֶמְתָּא וְנִשְׁמָע מַה דְּהִיא אָמְרָה
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ נִקְרָ֣א לַֽנַּעֲרָ֑ וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖ה אֶת־פִּֽיהָ׃
Word for word: and they.said let.us.summon (to).the young woman and let.us.ask (et) mouth her
JPS 1917: And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'
Leviticus 27:4 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew
וְאִם נְקוּבְתָא הִיא וִיהֵי פֻרְסָנֵהּ תְּלָתִין סִלְעִין
וְאִם־נְקֵבָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְהָיָ֥ה עֶרְכְּךָ֖ שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָֽׁקֶל׃
Word for word: and if [is].female she and it.will.be valuation your thirty shekel[s]
JPS 1917: And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
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