"היא" meaning in Hebrew

See היא in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /hiːʔ/ (note: reconstructed Biblical), /i.i/ (note: Samaritan), [ˈʔiː.iˑ] (note: Samaritan), /ˈhiː/ (note: Tiberian), [ˈhiː] (note: Tiberian), /ˈhi/ (note: Yemenite), [ˈhiː] (note: Yemenite), /hi/ [Persian], /hi/ (note: Iraqi), /hi/ (note: Sephardi), /hi/ (note: Ashkenazi), /(h)i/ [Modern-Israeli] Audio: LL-Q9288_(heb)-Buffer-היא.wav Forms: הִיא [canonical, feminine], hi [romanization]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa. Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*šiʔa}} Proto-Semitic *šiʔa Head templates: {{he-pron|g=f|tr=hi|wv=הִיא}} הִיא • (hi) f
  1. she, it
    Sense id: en-היא-he-pron-Tg-Rlm6a
  2. Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject.
    Sense id: en-היא-he-pron-Kk3NMhoX Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew personal pronouns, Hebrew pronouns Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Hebrew personal pronouns: 33 67 Disambiguation of Hebrew pronouns: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי (anokhí), אָנֹכִי (anokhí), אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu), אַתָּה (atá), אַתֶּם (atém), אַתְּ (english: at), אַתֶּן (atén), הוּא (hu), הֵם (english: hem), הִיא (english: hi), הֵן (english: hen)
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    [
      "*šiʔa",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šiʔa"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *šiʔa",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הִיא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "hi",
        "wv": "הִיא"
      },
      "expansion": "הִיא • (hi) f",
      "name": "he-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "aní",
      "word": "אֲנִי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "anokhí",
      "word": "אנוכי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "anokhí",
      "word": "אָנֹכִי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "anákhnu",
      "word": "אֲנַחְנוּ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ánu",
      "word": "אָנוּ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "atá",
      "word": "אַתָּה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "atém",
      "word": "אַתֶּם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "at",
      "translation": "at",
      "word": "אַתְּ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "atén",
      "word": "אַתֶּן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hu",
      "word": "הוּא"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hem",
      "translation": "hem",
      "word": "הֵם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hi",
      "translation": "hi",
      "word": "הִיא"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hen",
      "translation": "hen",
      "word": "הֵן"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire",
          "ref": "Tanach, Leviticus 10:19:",
          "roman": "ki chokchá v'chok banécha hi me'ishéi YHVH",
          "text": "כִּי חׇקְךָ וְחׇק בָּנֶיךָ הִוא מֵאִשֵּׁי יהוה",
          "translation": "because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              51
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem",
          "ref": "Tanach, Genesis 35:19, with translation of the King James Version:",
          "roman": "vatámot rachél vatikavér b'dérech efráta hi bet láchem",
          "text": "וַתָּמׇת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם",
          "translation": "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "she, it"
      ],
      "id": "en-היא-he-pron-Tg-Rlm6a",
      "links": [
        [
          "she",
          "she"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew personal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "Maimonides, משנה תורה, שגגות chapter 9",
          "text": "כבר ביארנו בהלכות ביאות אסורות מה היא השפחה החרופה האמורה בתורה",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject."
      ],
      "id": "en-היא-he-pron-Kk3NMhoX"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːʔ/",
      "note": "reconstructed Biblical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.i/",
      "note": "Samaritan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔiː.iˑ]",
      "note": "Samaritan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhiː/",
      "note": "Tiberian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhiː]",
      "note": "Tiberian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhi/",
      "note": "Yemenite"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhiː]",
      "note": "Yemenite"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "tags": [
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "note": "Iraqi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "note": "Sephardi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "note": "Ashkenazi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)i/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%90.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Buffer-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%90.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "היא"
}
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    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew personal pronouns",
    "Hebrew pronouns",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/i",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/i/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
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      "*šiʔa",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šiʔa"
    ]
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הִיא",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "tr": "hi",
        "wv": "הִיא"
      },
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      "name": "he-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "aní",
      "word": "אֲנִי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "anokhí",
      "word": "אנוכי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "anokhí",
      "word": "אָנֹכִי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "anákhnu",
      "word": "אֲנַחְנוּ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ánu",
      "word": "אָנוּ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atá",
      "word": "אַתָּה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atém",
      "word": "אַתֶּם"
    },
    {
      "english": "at",
      "translation": "at",
      "word": "אַתְּ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atén",
      "word": "אַתֶּן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hu",
      "word": "הוּא"
    },
    {
      "english": "hem",
      "translation": "hem",
      "word": "הֵם"
    },
    {
      "english": "hi",
      "translation": "hi",
      "word": "הִיא"
    },
    {
      "english": "hen",
      "translation": "hen",
      "word": "הֵן"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              27,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire",
          "ref": "Tanach, Leviticus 10:19:",
          "roman": "ki chokchá v'chok banécha hi me'ishéi YHVH",
          "text": "כִּי חׇקְךָ וְחׇק בָּנֶיךָ הִוא מֵאִשֵּׁי יהוה",
          "translation": "because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              47,
              51
            ]
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem",
          "ref": "Tanach, Genesis 35:19, with translation of the King James Version:",
          "roman": "vatámot rachél vatikavér b'dérech efráta hi bet láchem",
          "text": "וַתָּמׇת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם",
          "translation": "And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "she, it"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "she",
          "she"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Hebrew quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "Maimonides, משנה תורה, שגגות chapter 9",
          "text": "כבר ביארנו בהלכות ביאות אסורות מה היא השפחה החרופה האמורה בתורה",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as an intensifier for a third-person singular feminine subject."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːʔ/",
      "note": "reconstructed Biblical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.i/",
      "note": "Samaritan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔiː.iˑ]",
      "note": "Samaritan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhiː/",
      "note": "Tiberian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhiː]",
      "note": "Tiberian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhi/",
      "note": "Yemenite"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhiː]",
      "note": "Yemenite"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "tags": [
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "note": "Iraqi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "note": "Sephardi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi/",
      "note": "Ashkenazi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)i/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "היא"
}

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