Strong's Lexicon
hem: they, them, those
Original Word:הֵם
Part of Speech:pronoun plural masculine; pronoun plural feminine
Transliteration:hem
Pronunciation:haym
Phonetic Spelling:(haym)
Definition:they, them, those
Meaning:they
Word Origin:A primitive pronoun in Hebrew
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Greek equivalent for "they" or "them" is often "αὐτοί" (autoi) or "ἐκεῖνοι" (ekeinoi), which are used similarly in the New Testament to refer to groups of people or objects.
Usage:The Hebrew pronoun "הֵם" (hem) is used to refer to a group of people or things, typically in the third person plural. It functions similarly to the English pronouns "they" or "them." It is often used to indicate a group that has been previously mentioned or is understood from the context.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Hebrew culture, pronouns like "הֵם" were essential for narrative and legal texts, allowing for the concise reference to groups of people or objects. The use of pronouns reflects the communal and collective nature of Hebrew society, where identity was often tied to family, tribe, or nation. Understanding pronouns is crucial for interpreting Hebrew texts, as they help clarify relationships and actions within the narrative.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
and (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 (alone) is somewhat more frequently than , on the contrary is said regularly, occurring only 12 t., namely
Numbers 9:7 (P),
Jeremiah 14:15;
Zechariah 14:15, and in the phrase
2 Kings 18:4;
Jeremiah 3:16,18;
Jeremiah 5:18;
Jeremiah 50:4;
Joel 3:2; Joel 4:1;
Zechariah 8:23;
Nehemiah 13:15, though is much more common)
( used incorrectly for the feminineZechariah 5:10;Ruth 1:22;Songs 6:8), [Late Hebrew also , which occurs however in Biblical Hebrew only after a prefix: see below ],
(Biblical Aramaic , q. v.;
,
; Ethiopic (one form)
'em¥n-t¥,em¹n-t¥; compare also for the dissyllabic form, the suffix-œm¥ [feminine#NAME?]; perhaps also Assyrian suffixšunu,šina [ni], compare references below ). In usage not different in Genl. from , (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus: —
Genesis 6:4;Exodus 5:7 letthem (emphatic) go and gather straw,Numbers 31:16;Isaiah 24:14;Hosea 4:14;Hosea 7:3 etc.; afterJeremiah 5:5;Jeremiah 34:7. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr§ 160, 169.)
Judges 1:22 ,Deuteronomy 2:11 (),Deuteronomy 3:20;Joshua 9:4;Ezekiel 30:17.
Exodus 18:22 every small matter let them judgethemselves,Exodus 18:26;Jeremiah 15:19;Jeremiah 17:18;Psalm 109:28;Esther 9:1.
Genesis 33:6;Genesis 44:3;Judges 6:5 etc.
compareNehemiah 10:38.
(Resuming the subject with emphasis)Genesis 14:24 (note accents),Deuteronomy 1:39;Psalm 23:4;Psalm 27:2 (accents),Psalm 37:9;Psalm 107:24;Ezekiel 36:7;Ezekiel 44:15.
Isaiah 30:7;Ezekiel 27:13,17,21; compareIsaiah 44:11.
Numbers 14:27 aJeremiah 27:9;Ezekiel 43:19 ,Ecclesiastes 4:2;Nehemiah 2:13. —Job 6:7 read perhaps (or ) it isloathesome (√ ).
Genesis 3:7;Exodus 5:8 forthey are idle,Exodus 14:3;Exodus 15:23;Exodus 29:33 etc. (the opposite order rare:Numbers 11:16;Isaiah 61:9, compare DePs 94:11).
Genesis 34:21,23;Genesis 41:26;Genesis 48:5 thy two sons . . ., they are mine,Exodus 32:16 + often:Isaiah 41:22 ,Isaiah 49:21 these — where were they?Zephaniah 2:12 after , peculiarly (compare Dr§ 198 Obs. 2).
Deuteronomy 20:15 ,Judges 19:12;1 Kings 9:20.
2 Kings 7:10 . (Proverbs 19:7 Kt is probably corrupt: see Commentaries)
Proverbs 30:24 four things arethey, the little ones of the earth,Proverbs 30:29 (compare before a rel. clauseProverbs 30:15;Proverbs 30:18;Proverbs 6:16)Songs 6:8;Isaiah 51:19 ,1 Chronicles 9:26 (see ).
()Genesis 21:29literally What are they — these seven sheep?Zechariah 1:9;Zechariah 4:5. ()Genesis 25:16 (=1 Chronicles 1:36)Leviticus 23:2;Numbers 3:20,21,27,33;1 Samuel 4:8;1 Chronicles 8:6;1 Chronicles 12:15 (see Dr § 201, 3).
(rare),Job 6:7they (i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat,Jeremiah 7:4they (i.e. these buildings) are the temple of ; and in the feminine,Leviticus 5:22 of all that a man doeth to sintherein,1 Chronicles 21:10 (""2 Samuel 24:12 );2 Samuel 12:8;Job 23:14 thingssuch as these.
With art. ,Genesis 6:4;Exodus 2:11;Numbers 14:38 + often; 12t. (see above);1 Samuel 17:28.
—Ezekiel 8:6 Kt stands for (so Qr), compare forExodus 4:2;2 Kings 9:18 is irregular for ;2 Samuel 4:6 is textual error for see We Dr ( & RVm).
With preps. (in lieu of the normal, and more usual, forms with suffixes , , etc. [ & , however, each once only, thrice: see ]) —
Exodus 30:4;Exodus 36:1 (both P),Habakkuk 1:16;Jeremiah 36:32;Jeremiah 14:16Jeremiah 10:2;Ecclesiastes 12:12.
2 Samuel 24:3 Yahweh add to the peoplethe like of themselves andthe like of themselves100times, =1 Chronicles 21:3 (but here only once, compareDeuteronomy 1:11 ), 2 Chronicles 9:11;Ecclesiastes 9:12.
Leviticus 5:22 (P)Numbers 13:19 (JE)Jeremiah 5:17:Genesis 41:19;2 Samuel 12:8 ,Job 23:14:Ezekiel 1:5,23 (twice in verse);Ezekiel 42:9;Zechariah 5:9:Leviticus 4:2 (P)Isaiah 34:16;Jeremiah 5:6;Ezekiel 16:51;Ezekiel 42:5;Psalm 34:21;1 Chronicles 21:10 (""2 Samuel 24:12 ).
Genesis 19:29 (P)Genesis 30:26,37;Exodus 25:29;Exodus 37:16 (both P)Leviticus 10:1;Leviticus 11:21;Leviticus 14:40;Numbers 10:3;Numbers 16:7 (all P)Deuteronomy 28:52;Jeremiah 4:29;Jeremiah 48:9;Jeremiah 51:43 (twice in verse) ( thrice only);Ezekiel 18:14 (editions; Baer ); ( =therefore)Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic);Ezekiel 16:47,52 (editions; Baer ). With the exception of , these forms are found mostly in P and writers not earlier than Jeremiah; and , however, depend solely on the punctuation.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
like, how, the same, so, such,
Or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural fromhalak; 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 HEBREWhalak
Forms and Transliterations
בָּהֵ֔מָּה בָּהֵֽמָּה׃ בָהֵ֙מָּה֙ בהמה בהמה׃ הֵ֑ם הֵ֑מָּה הֵ֔ם הֵ֔מָּה הֵ֕מָּה הֵ֖ם הֵ֖מָּה הֵ֗ם הֵ֗מָּה הֵ֙מָּה֙ הֵ֚ם הֵ֚מָּה הֵ֛ם הֵ֛מָּה הֵ֜ם הֵ֜מָּה הֵ֝֗ם הֵ֝֗מָּה הֵ֞ם הֵ֠ם הֵ֠מָּה הֵ֣ם הֵ֣ם ׀ הֵ֣מָּה הֵ֤ם הֵ֤מָּה הֵ֤מָּה ׀ הֵ֥ם הֵ֥מָּה הֵ֧ם הֵ֧מָּה הֵ֨ם הֵ֬ם הֵ֭ם הֵ֭מָּה הֵֽם׃ הֵֽמָּה׃ הֵׅ֗מָּׅהׅ הֵם֙ הֵם֩ הֵמָּה֮ הָהֵ֑ם הָהֵ֑מָּה הָהֵ֔ם הָהֵ֔מָּה הָהֵ֖ם הָהֵ֖מָּה הָהֵ֗ם הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָהֵ֛ם הָהֵ֜מָּה הָהֵ֡מָּה הָהֵֽם׃ הָהֵֽמָּה׃ הָהֵם֒ הָהֵם֙ הָהֵם֩ הָהֵם֮ ההם ההם׃ ההמה ההמה׃ הם הם׃ המה המה׃ וְ֝הֵ֗ם וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה וְ֠הֵם וְ֭הֵם וְ֭הֵמָּה וְהֵ֕מָּה וְהֵ֖ם וְהֵ֖מָּה וְהֵ֗ם וְהֵ֗מָּה וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ וְהֵ֛ם וְהֵ֛מָּה וְהֵ֣ם וְהֵ֣מָּה וְהֵ֤מָּה וְהֵ֥ם וְהֵ֥מָּה וְהֵ֨ם וְהֵ֨מָּה וְהֵ֨מָּה וְהֵם֙ וְהֵם֩ וְכָהֵם֙ וְלָהֶֽם׃ וָהֵ֛ם וּמֵהֶ֖ם וּמֵהֶ֗ם וּמֵהֶ֣ם ׀ וּמֵהֶֽם׃ וּמֵהֶם֙ והם והמה וכהם ולהם׃ ומהם ומהם׃ כָּהֵ֗ם כָּהֵ֤ם ׀ כָּהֵֽמָּה׃ כָּהֵם֙ כָהֵ֛ם כהם כהמה׃ לָ֝הֶ֗ם לָ֠הֶם לָ֫הֶ֥ם לָ֭הֶם לָהֵ֔מָּה לָהֶ֑ם לָהֶ֔ם לָהֶ֖ם לָהֶ֗ם לָהֶ֛ם לָהֶ֜ם לָהֶ֞ם לָהֶ֡ם לָהֶ֣ם לָהֶ֣ם ׀ לָהֶ֤ם לָהֶ֥ם לָהֶ֧ם לָהֶ֨ם לָהֶֽם׃ לָהֶם֒ לָהֶם֙ לָהֶם֩ לָהֶן֙ להם להם׃ להמה להן מֵ֝הֶ֗ם מֵ֫הֶ֥ם מֵהֵ֖מָּה מֵהֵֽמָּה׃ מֵהֶ֑ם מֵהֶ֔ם מֵהֶ֖ם מֵהֶ֗ם מֵהֶ֛ם מֵהֶ֜ם מֵהֶ֞ם מֵהֶ֡ם מֵהֶ֣ם מֵהֶ֣ם ׀ מֵהֶ֥ם מֵהֶ֨ם ׀ מֵהֶֽם׃ מֵהֶם֙ מהם מהם׃ מהמה מהמה׃ שְׁהֶם־ שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם שֶׁ֥הֵ֖ם שהם שהם־ bā·hêm·māh ḇā·hêm·māh baHemmah bāhêmmāh ḇāhêmmāh chaHem hā·hêm hā·hêm·māh haHem hāhêm haHemmah hāhêmmāh Hem hêm hêm·māh Hemmah hêmmāh kā·hêm ḵā·hêm kā·hêm·māh kaHem kāhêm ḵāhêm kaHemmah kāhêmmāh lā·hem lā·hêm·māh lā·hen laHem lāhem laHemmah lāhêmmāh laHen lāhen mê·hem mê·hêm·māh meHem mêhem meHemmah mêhêmmāh še·hêm šə·hem- šehêm šəhem- shehem ū·mê·hem umeHem ūmêhem vaHem vaHemmah vechaHem veHem veHemmah velaHem wā·hêm wāhêm wə·hêm wə·hêm·māh wə·ḵā·hêm wə·lā·hem wəhêm wəhêmmāh wəḵāhêm wəlāhem
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