היא

From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hiːʔ/
• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /i.i/, [ˈʔiː.iˑ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhiː/, [ˈhiː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhi/, [ˈhiː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hi/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hi/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hi/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hi/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(h)i/

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הִיא • (hi) f

1. she, it
   • Tanach, Leviticus 10:19:

     כִּי חׇקְךָ וְחׇק בָּנֶיךָ הִוא מֵאִשֵּׁי יהוה

     ki chokchá v'chok banécha hi me'ishéi YHVH

     because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire

   • Tanach, Genesis 35:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַתָּמׇת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם

     vatámot rachél vatikavér 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 quotation)

• H1931 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible