H2098 H2098
this, which, who (archaic demonstrative/relative pronoun)
1. this, which, who (archaic demonstrative/relative pronoun) — Archaic demonstrative and relative pronoun zu, functioning both as 'this' (pointing to a specific referent) and as a relative pronoun 'which, who, whom' in poetic and archaic Hebrew (especially in Psalms and Exodus 15). Translated as English 'this/who/whom,' Spanish 'este/que/contra quien,' Hindi 'jo/yah/jiske viruddh' (जो/यह/जिसके विरुद्ध), Arabic 'hadha/alladhi' (هَذَا/الَّذِي), Korean 'i/igeot/geuege' (이/이것/그에게), Swahili 'hii/hawa/ambaye.' All three clusters represent the same archaic pronoun in its dual demonstrative-relative capacity, with morpho-syntactic variation but no semantic split. The relative use ('who, whom') and demonstrative use ('this') are both standard functions of this single lexeme in pre-classical Hebrew poetry. 15×
AR["الَّتِي","الَّذِي","الَّذِينَ","ذلِكَ-الَّذي","هذا","هَذَا","هَذِهِ","هٰذَا","هٰذِهِ"]·ben["এই","এই-","এটা"]·DE["[זו]","der","dies","dieser","welcher"]·EN["He-against-whom","this","which","who"]·FR["[זו]","ce","ceci"]·heb["זו"]·HI["इन","इस","जिस","जिसके-विरुद्ध","जो","यह","ये"]·ID["ini","yang"]·IT["[זו]","questo"]·jav["ingkang","punika"]·KO["그에게","이","이것","이것-은","이것-을","이들-이"]·PT["aquilo-que","esta","este","isto","que"]·RU["которым","сего","то-что","этих","это","этой","этом","этот","эту"]·ES["contra-quien","esta","este","esto","esto-que","estos","que"]·SW["ambaye","hawa","hii","hiki","hizo","huu"]·TR["bu","bunu"]·urd["اس","اُن","اِس","جو","یہ","یہ-وہ-ہے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זוּ pron. (poet.), indeclinable. 1. a demonstr. Hb 1:11 זוּ כֹחוֹ this his strength, ψ 12:8 מִן־הַדּוֹר זוּ (unusual, for הַזֶּה), 62:12 שְׁתַּיִם־זוּ שָׁמַעְתִּי these two things &c. (but better (WickesPoet. Acc. 64) שְׁ֖תֵּיִם ז֣וּ two things (are there) which &c.: v. 2). 2. a relative, Ex 15:13 עַם־זוּ גָאָ֑לְתָּ the people which thou hast redeemed, v 16 Is 42:24 זוּ חָטָאנוּ לוֹ against…