See הוא on Wiktionary
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"english": "As Rava says: Any wine that cannot bear [to be diluted] one part [of itself] to three parts water is not wine.",
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"english": "As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.",
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"text": "הוּא צַלְמָא רֵאשֵׁהּ דִּי־דְהַב טָב חֲדוֹהִי וּדְרָעוֹהִי דִּי כְסַף מְעוֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵהּ דִּי נְחָשׁ׃ שָׁקוֹהִי דִּי פַרְזֶל רַגְלוֹהִי מנהון (מִנְּהֵן) דִּי פַרְזֶל ומנהון (וּמִנְּהֵן) דִּי חֲסַף׃",
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"english": "For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.",
"ref": "Tanach, Job [[s:he:T2737#לז_ו|37:6]], with translation of the King James Version:",
"roman": "ki lashélag yomár hevé áretz v'géshem matár v'géshem mitrót uzó.",
"text": "כִּי לַשֶּׁלַג ׀ יֹאמַר הֱוֵא אָרֶץ וְגֶשֶׁם מָטָר וְגֶשֶׁם מִטְרוֹת עֻזּוֹ׃",
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"Be: used as an imperative."
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"(rare) Be: used as an imperative."
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"to fall, hence to befall; to take place; become"
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