he
- noun
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- Students learn the sound of the letter he in their Hebrew classes.
- HE institutions
Examples
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In Hebrew, the he corresponds to the fifth position in the alphabet.
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Unlike public and some private HE institutions in the Arab countries, AOU is open for all learner age groups.
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In addition, in the case of Pakistan and India, the adoption of DE in dual-mode HE institutions will eventually serve more than 50 percent of the students enrolled in HE.
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Desperate to stop the invaders and buy time, Chiang Kai-shek turned to the Yellow River (Huang He), ordering the destruction of the river's dikes to drown the enemy.
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In the Gulf States (Saudi, Bahrain, and Kuwait), where it is difficult for non-Gulf residents to have access to public HE institutions because of the limited access problems, non-Gulf students who live in the Gulf States expressed their high appreciation towards the AOU for opening the door for them to study with affordable fees.
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The letter he is pronounced like 'hay' in Hebrew.
Idioms
- Informal
Saying a rhyme to blame someone shows you are the guilty person
- Baby Talk
A joking way to say the person who first noticed a bad smell caused it
Compounds
- Specialized
A bush with many branches that loses its leaves each year and has small white bell-shaped flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
He is the name of the fifth Hebrew letter and comes from an old Semitic name for that letter. It is part of the same alphabet family that gave us the English letter H, so he is used to name that Hebrew letter and its number 'five' in gematria.