He

Word HE
Character 2
Hyphenation he
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "He"

What do we mean by he?

The fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. noun

A sound made in calling, laughing, etc.: as, He! he! an archers' word of call.

The fifth letter () of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding to the English h. Its numerical value is 5. noun

The chemical symbol of helium. noun

A personal pronoun of the third person, the form he being nomiuative singular masculine.

A. Masc. sing.

Nom. he. Colloq. or dial. also e, also ha, a (see a), ⟨ ME. he, heo, ha, ho, a, e, ⟨ AS. hē = OS. he, hi, hie = OFries. hi, he = MLG. he, LG. he, hei = Dutch hij = Goth. *his (= Icel. hann = Sw. Dan. han): see further in etym. above.

Poss. (gen.) his (hiz). Colloq. or dial. also is, ⟨ ME. his, hys, is, ys, ⟨ AS. his = OFries. his(= OS., etc., is, from another root: see etym. above). Of him: now always merely possessive, and preceding the noun, but originally also nsed objectively with certain verbs. By a confusion of the genitive suffix -es, -is with this possessive form of the personal pronoun, the suffix came in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to be often written separately as his: as, Artaxerxes his crown, etc. For this use, see under his. For the neuter his, see C .

Obj. (dat.) him. (Colloq. or dial. also im, ⟨ ME. him, hym, ⟨ AS. him, hym = OFries. him = Dutch hem (= MLG. im, em, LG. em = OHG. imo, MHG. ime, im, German ihm = Goth. imma, from another root: see etym. above). This form, originally only dative, is also used as accusative, having displaced the original form for the accusative. See . For the neuter him, see C .

Conversely, him is often used, colloquially, for he in the predicate: as, it is him; like “it is me” for “it is I.” See I. Obj. (acc.) him. A substitution of the dative form him, or an accom. to him of the earlier form, ME. hin, hine, ⟨ AS. hine = OFries. hini, hine (also him, hem)(cf. OS. ina = OHG. ina, MHG. ine, German in, German ihn = Goth. ina, from another root: see etym. above). See above.

B. Fem. sing.

Nom. he, ho, hoo (now only dialectal, the form she, of different origin, being used in literary English). English dial. also e, a; ⟨ ME. he, hi, hie, heo, ha, hoe, ho, hue, a (also zeo, zho, zoe, ze, these forms affording a transition to the use of scheo, scho, sche, she, whence mod. E. she, q. v.), ⟨ AS. heó, hió, hié, hī = OFries, hio, hiu (for other Teut. forms, see she). She.

Poss. (gen.) heraldry English dial. also er; ⟨ ME. her, hir, here, hire, hur, hure, ir, ⟨ AS. hire, hyre = OFries. hiri = Dutch harer (cf. MLG. er, ir, LG. er = OHG. ira, iro, MHG. ire, German ihr = Goth. izōs, from another root: see etym. above).

Obj. (dat.) heraldry English dial. also er; ⟨ ME. her, hir, hyr, here, hire, hure, hur, ⟨ AS. hire, hyre = OFries. hiri = Dutch haar (cf. OS. iru = MLG. er, ir, LG. er = OHG. iru, MHG. ire, ir, German ihr = Goth. iza, from another root: see etym. above).

Obj. (acc.) heraldry English dial. also er; ⟨ ME. her, hir, hyr, substituted (as also the masc. dat. for acc.) for the orig. acc., ME. heo, hi (also hise, his, is), ⟨ AS. hie, hi = OFries. hia (for other Teut. forms, see she).

C. Neut. sing.

Nom. it. English dial. also hit (rather as a corrupt aspiration of the prevalent it than a survival of the orig. form hit), early mod. E. also yt, ⟨ ME. it, yt, et, hit, hyt, ⟨ AS. hit, hyt = OFries. hit = Dutch het (cf. OS. it = MLG. it, et, LG. et = OHG. iz, ez, MHG. ez, German es = Goth. ita = Latin id, etc., from another root: see etym. above).

Poss. its, formerly his. The poss. form its is first recorded in print in 1598. It is formed from it by the addition of the common possessive (genitive) suffix -s, of nouns, the nom. and obj. form it being also used for a time in the possessive without a suffix. The substitution arose when the orig. neut. poss. his, which had the same form as the masc. poss. his, began to be regarded as masc. only, thus giving it, when used properly as neut., the appearance of a personification. Earlier mod. E. his, hys, ⟨ ME. his, hys, ⟨ AS. his, in form like the masc. his: see A .

Obj. (dat.) it. This is a substitution for the orig. him, the nom. and acc. it being so frequent (by reason of the numerous idiomatic uses of the word) that the dative gave way to the accusative, while in the masc. and fem. the accusative gave way to the dative. Early mod. E. him, ⟨ ME. him, hym, ⟨ AS. him, etc., in forms like the masc.: see A .

Obj. (acc.) it. ⟨ ME. it, hit, et, ⟨ AS. hit, etc., in forms like the nom. See above.

The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".

The player attempting to catch the others in this game.

A male.

Synonyms and Antonyms for He

The word "he" in example sentences

“Oh, no, ” said he, “he [Lincoln] won’t enter into the Slave States to disturb the institution of slavery, —he is too prudent a man to do such a thing as that; he only means that he will go on to the line between the Free and Slave States, and shoot over at them. ❋ Unknown (1897)

Because of course what this man *really* means is that he only wants stories that *he* can relate to. ❋ Girliejones (2010)

As for doing the same thing with the Democrats – sounds to me like he's decided to do all on his own…and when he succeeds..he won't owe anyone any markers! ❋ Unknown (2010)

In order to get the boxes we'd brought emptied so we could remove them, I went on and put away the kitchen stuff, but told him he was certainly free to move it around where *he* wanted it he was carrying more stuff up, while I did that as a rest for myself. ❋ E_moon60 (2010)

  The only magazine he subscribed to,  he said,  wasScientific American, a publication that I had previously scorned as the trade journal of pre-med students and Nobel Prize winners. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Christopher_M it makes sense he is a driving/racing/car hobbyist..he loves cars and racing almost as much as Lucas.. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What he couldn't tell the Captain, or any of his crew, was something that was so spleen bustingly obvious it gave him physical pain when he  realized  none of them knew why he had taken so long. ❋ Jason Spittel (2010)

Many will say he could not afford insurance, funny…..he had is chair he sat in at Hooters with his name on it… ❋ Unknown (2010)

 If you do allow your child to eat some of the treats he gets while out,  he should not eat anything until you have had a chance to examine it for him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But how come you are gay…Satan will just make you his lowest servant…. anyway he loves you very much..he is my master now.. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I will admit, the fact that he was on television..he maybe could have not done the simulation oral, but if I recall the LoveGame video by Lady Gaga a guy is like pelvic thrusting into her and guys are all in between her legs so what makes that okay? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yesterday, as he continues his ... quot; Goddamit, I'm Innocent Tour - 2009, ″he spokeat the National Press Club in Washington, and, as he doeseach timehe opens hismouth, he further indicted himself on future charges of war crimes -- charges that will have to be brought by a government other than ours since ours is run by cowards and possible co-conspirators. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obama is seen as truly authentic so it should be a choice that he would, on his own, make because * he* thinks it's the best person. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I don't cut him one inch of slack...he said what he believes..he wants to control healthcare and a good first step is to categorize physicians as not deserving the public trust.. needing to be controlled by the government to "assure that only the right and proper things are done" gee I wonder what that CZAR will be called. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2009)

However, he brought it up to say that * he*, in Michigan, never heard that until * after* the Michigan primary, so hey, we * clearly* shouldn't take it into account! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps Mitt Romney's campaign guy isn't the one to ask, after all, \he has got to be so partisan that he is crossed-eyed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He needs the goodwill of her supporters and (I think) he honestly wants to give her credit for what she accomplished (in part because it makes what * he* accomplished seem even more impressive). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wish he had been as bold and outspoken when * he* was a Congresscritter. ❋ Unknown (2009)

President Bush will let hundreds of American soldiers (in fact, if past numbers are anything to go on, over a thousand) die so he can pretend that * he* wasn't the one who "lost Iraq." ❋ Unknown (2009)

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