Hu (הוא) means he in Hebrew.
It can also mean am, is, and are. It is a pronoun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
הוּא
hu
pronoun
In English
he, am, is, are
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Hu.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כינוי רמז לרחוק, בזכר יחיד (נסתר).
וְדִבֶּר־הוּא לְךָ אֶל־הָעָם, וְהָיָה; הוּא יִהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְפֶה, וְאַתָּה תִּהְיֶה־לּוֹ לֵאלֹהִים.
- 2האוגד לזכר יחיד.
כָּל־אֵלֶּה חָבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים; הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Hu is a pronoun.
- Written with vowel points
- הוּא
- Written without vowel points
- הוא
- Said
- hu
- Gematria
- 12
This is how Hu is said in other languages.
- English
- he, am, is, are
- Arabic
- هو
- German
- er
These words mean nearly the same as Hu.
The word Hu is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מן דהוא
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Hu in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Hu.
What does Hu (הוא) mean in Hebrew?
Hu (הוא) means he, am, and is. It is said hu, with the stress on hu.
What is a synonym for Hu (הוא)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Hu (הוא) are הלז.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry הוא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.