היא

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.

Pronoun

הִיא • (hi) f

  1. she, it
    • 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
    • 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.
    • Maimonides, משנה תורה,‎ שגגות chapter 9:
      ‏כבר ביארנו בהלכות ביאות אסורות מה היא השפחה החרופה האמורה בתורה‎
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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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