[he] pron [ME, fr. OE he; akin to OE heo she, hit it, OHG he he, L cis, citra on this side, Gk ekeinos that person] (bef. 12c) 1: that male one who is neither speaker nor hearer "~ is my father"--compare him, his, it, she, they 2--used in a generic sense or when the sex of the person is unspecified "~ that hath ears to hear, let him hear --Mt 11:15 (AV)" "one should do the best ~ can"
[2]he n (bef. 12c) 1: a male person or animal
2: one that is strongly masculine or has strong masculine appeal--usu. used in combination "that's what I call he-literature --Sinclair Lewis" [3]he n [Heb he'] (1639): the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet