Lexical Summary hem: they Original Word: הֵםTransliteration: hem Phonetic Spelling: (haym) Part of Speech: pronoun plural masculine; pronoun plural feminine Short Definition: they Meaning: they Strong's Concordance like, how, the same, so, such, Or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural from halak; they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye. see HEBREW halak Brown-Driver-Briggs H1992. hem הֵ֫מָּה and הֵם (without appreciable distinction in usage, except probably in so far as the longer or shorter from was better adapted to the rhythm of particular sentences: on the whole הֵמָּה (alone) is somewhat more frequently than הָהֵם הֵם, on the contrary is said regularly, הָהֵמָּה occurring only 12 t., namely Numbers 9:7 (P), Jeremiah 14:15; Zechariah 14:15, and in the phrase הָהֵמָּה בַּ(הַ)מִָים 2 Kings 18:4; Jeremiah 3:16, 18; 5:18; 50:4; Joel 3:2; Joel 4:1; Zechariah 8:23; Nehemiah 13:15, though הָהֵם בַּיָּמִים is much more common) pronoun 3 plural masculine (הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine Zechariah 5:10; Ruth 1:22; Song of Solomon 6:8), feminine הֵ֫נָּה [Late Hebrew also הֵן, which occurs however in Biblical Hebrew only after a prefix: see below 8], pronoun 3 plural they (Biblical Aramaic הִמּוֺ, q. v.; , ; Ethiopic (one form) 'em¥n-t¥, em¹n-t¥; compare also for the dissyllabic form, the suffix -œm¥ [feminine +?]; perhaps also Assyrian suffix šunu, šina [ni], compare references below הוּא). In usage not different in Genl. from הִיא הוּא, (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus: — 1. a. Genesis 6:4; Exodus 5:7 יֵָֽלְכוּ הֵם let them (emphatic) go and gather straw, Numbers 31:16; Isaiah 24:14; Hosea 4:14; 7:3 etc.; after כִּי Jeremiah 5:5; 34:7. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr§ 160, 169.) b. Judges 1:22 הֵם גַם ֗֗֗ ויעלו, Deuteronomy 2:11 (הֵם אַף), 3:20; Joshua 9:4; Ezekiel 30:17. c. Exodus 18:22 every small matter יִשְׁמְּטוּהֵֿם let them judge themselves, 18:26; Jeremiah 15:19; 17:18; Psalm 109:28; Esther 9:1. d. Genesis 33:6; 44:3; Judges 6:5 etc. e. compare Nehemiah 10:38. 2. a. (Resuming the subject with emphasis) Genesis 14:24 (note accents), Deuteronomy 1:39; Psalm 23:4; 27:2 (accents), 37:9; 107:24; Ezekiel 36:7; 44:15. b. Isaiah 30:7; Ezekiel 27:13, 17, 21; compare Isaiah 44:11. c. Numbers 14:27 a Jeremiah 27:9; Ezekiel 43:19 צָדוֺק מִזֶּרַע הֵם אֲשֶׁר, Ecclesiastes 4:2; Nehemiah 2:13. **— לַחֻמִי כִּדְוֵי הֵמָּה Job 6:7 read perhaps וגו ׳וַהֲמָה (or זָָֽהֲמָה) it is loathesome (√ זהס). 3. a. Genesis 3:7; Exodus 5:8 הֵם נִרְמִּים כִּי for they are idle, 14:3; 15:23; 29:33 etc. (the opposite order rare: Numbers 11:16; Isaiah 61:9, compare DePsalm 94:11). b. Genesis 34:21, 23; 41:26; 48:5 הֵם לִי ֗֗֗ בניך שׁני thy two sons . . ., they are mine, Exodus 32:16 + often: Isaiah 41:22 הֵנָּה מָה הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת, 49:21 הֵם אֵיפֹה אֵלֶּה these — where were they? Zephaniah 2:12 after אַתֶּם, peculiarly (compare Dr§ 198 Obs. 2). c. Deuteronomy 20:15 הֵנָּה הָאֵלֶּה הַגֹּויִם לֹאמֵֿעָרֵי אֲשֶׁר, Judges 19:12; 1 Kings 9:20. d. 2 Kings 7:10 הֵמָּה כַּאֲשֶׁר. (Proverbs 19:7 Kt לֹאהֵֿמָּה is probably corrupt: see Commentaries) 4. a. Proverbs 30:24 קְטַנֵּיאָֿ֑רֶץ הֵם אַרְבָּעָה four things are they, the little ones of the earth, 30:29 (compare before a rel. clause 30:15; 30:18; 6:16) Song of Solomon 6:8; Isaiah 51:19 קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ הֵנָּה שְׁתַּיִם, 1 Chronicles 9:26 (see הוא 4a). b. (β) Genesis 21:29 ֗֗֗ שֶׁבַע הֵנָּה מָה literally What are they — these seven sheep? Zechariah 1:9; 4:5. (γ) הֵם ֗֗֗ אֵלֶּה Genesis 25:16 (= 1 Chronicles 1:36) Leviticus 23:2; Numbers 3:20-21, 27, 33; 1 Samuel 4:8; 1 Chronicles 8:6; 12:15 (see Dr § 201, 3). 6. a. In a neuter sense (rare), Job 6:7 לַחמִי כִּדְוֵי הֵמָּה they (i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat, Jeremiah 7:4 הֵמָּה י ׳הֵיכַל they (i.e. these buildings) are the temple of ׳י; and in the feminine, Leviticus 5:22 of all that a man doeth to sin בָּהֵנָּה therein, 1 Chronicles 21:10 מֵהֵנָּה ("" 2 Samuel 24:12 מֵהֶם); 12:8; Job 23:14 כָּהֵנָּה things such as these. 7 With art. הָהֵם, Genesis 6:4; Exodus 2:11; Numbers 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה12t. (see above); הָהֵנָּה 1 Samuel 17:28. N.B. — Ezekiel 8:6 Kt מָהֵם stands for הֵם מָה (so Qr), compare מַזֶּה for מַהזֶּֿה Exodus 4:2; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם is irregular for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2 Samuel 4:6 וג ׳וְהֵנָּה is textual error for וג חִטִּים סֹקְלָה הַבַּיִת שֹׁעֶרֶת ׳וְהִנֵּה see We Dr (ᵐ5 & RVm). 8 With preps. (in lieu of the normal, and more usual, forms with suffixes מֵהֶם לָהֶם, בָּהֶם, etc. [כָּהֶם & כָּהֶן, however, each once only, כְּמוֺהֶם thrice: see כְּ]) — a.בָּהֵמָּה Exodus 30:4; 36:1 (both P), Habakkuk 1:16; כָּהֵמָּה Jeremiah 36:32; לְהֵמָּה 14:16 מֵהֵמָּה 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12. b. כָּהֵם 2 Samuel 24:3 Yahweh add to the people פְעָמִים מֵאָה וְכָהֵם כָּהֵם the like of themselves and the like of themselves100times, = 1 Chronicles 21:3 (but כָּהֵם here only once, compare Deuteronomy 1:11 בָּכֶם), 2 Chronicles 9:11; Ecclesiastes 9:12. c. בָּהֵנָּה Leviticus 5:22 (P) Numbers 13:19 (JE) Jeremiah 5:17: כָּהֵנָּה Genesis 41:19; 2 Samuel 12:8 וְכָהֵנָּה כָּהֵנָּה לְךָ וְאֹסִפָה, Job 23:14: לָהֵנָּה Ezekiel 1:5, 23 (twice in verse); 42:9; Zechariah 5:9: מֵהֵנָּה Leviticus 4:2 (P) Isaiah 34:16; Jeremiah 5:6; Ezekiel 16:51; 42:5; Psalm 34:21; 1 Chronicles 21:10 ("" 2 Samuel 24:12 מֵהֶם). d. בָּהֵן Genesis 19:29 (P) 30:26, 37; Exodus 25:29; 37:16 (both P) Leviticus 10:1; 11:21; 14:40; Numbers 10:3; 16:7 (all P) Deuteronomy 28:52; Jeremiah 4:29; 48:9; 51:43 (twice in verse) (בָּהֶן thrice only); כָּהֵן Ezekiel 18:14 (editions; Baer כָּהֶן); לָהֵן ( = therefore) Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic); מֵהֵן Ezekiel 16:47, 52 (editions; Baer מֵהֶן). With the exception of כָּחֵנָּה, these forms are found mostly in P and writers not earlier than Jeremiah; b and d, however, depend solely on the punctuation.) |