Lexical Definition

‎הֵם‎ hêm (haym) they(masc.) ^H:DemP
or (prolonged) הֵמָּה hêmmâh (haym'-maw); masculine plural from ‎הֲלַךְ‎

it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

• they (only used when emphatic)

1) they, these, the same, who

See Greek: ἐκεῖ · ἐκεῖνος · ἐκεῖνος · ἴδιος

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Also see: הֵן | לָהֵן

‎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 ‎הֵם‎, ‎הָהֵם‎ on the contrary is said regularly, ‎הָהֵמָּה‎ occurring only 12 t., namely Num 9:7 (P), Jer 14:15; Zech 14:15, and in the phrase ‎בַּ(הַ)מִָים הָהֵמָּה‎ 2Kgs 18:4; Jer 3:16; Jer 3:18; Jer 5:18; Jer 50:4; Joel 3:2*; Joel 4:1*; Zech 8:23; Neh 13:15, though ‎בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם‎ is much more common) pronoun 3 plural masculine (‎הֵמָּה‎ used incorrectly for the feminine Zech 5:10; Ruth 1:22; Song 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 -œn]; perhaps also Assyrian suffix šunu, šina [ni], compare references below ‎הוּא‎). In usage not different in genl. from ‎הוּא‎, ‎הִיא‎ (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus: —

1. a. Gen 6:4; Exod 5:7 ‎הֵם יֵָֽלְכוּ‎ let them (emphatic) go and gather straw, Num 31:16; Isa 24:14; Hos 4:14; Hos 7:3 etc.; after ‎כִּי‎ Jer 5:5; Jer 34:7. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr^{§ 160, 169}.)
b. Judg 1:22 ‎ויעלו ֗֗֗ גַם הֵם‎, Deut 2:11 (‎אַף הֵם‎), Deut 3:20; Josh 9:4; Ezek 30:17.
c. Exod 18:22 every small matter ‎יִשְׁפְּטוּהֵֿם‎ let them judge themselves, vExod 18:26; Jer 15:19; Jer 17:18; Ps 109:28; Esth 9:1.
d. Gen 33:6; Gen 44:3; Judg 6:5 etc.
e. compare Neh 10:38*.

2. a. (Resuming the subject with emphasis) Gen 14:24 (note accents), Deut 1:39; Ps 23:4; Ps 27:2 (accents), Ps 37:9; Ps 107:24; Ezek 36:7; Ezek 44:15.
b. Isa 30:7; Ezek 27:13; Ezek 27:17; Ezek 27:21 compare Isa 44:11.
c. Num 14:27 a Jer 27:9; Ezek 43:19 ‎אֲשֶׁר הֵם‎ ‎מִזֶּרַע צָדוֺק‎, Eccl 4:2; Neh 2:13. **— ‎הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי‎ Job 6:7 read perhaps ‎׳‎‎וַהֲמָה וגו‎ (or ‎זָָֽהֲמָה‎) it is loathesome (√ ‎זהס‎).

3. a. Gen 3:7; Exod 5:8 ‎כִּי נִרְפִּים הֵם‎ for they are idle, Exod 14:3; Exod 15:23; Exod 29:33 etc. (the opposite order rare: Num 11:16; Isa 61:9, compare De^{Ps 94:11}).
b. Gen 34:21; Gen 34:23; Gen 41:26; Gen 48:5 ‎שׁני בניך ֗֗֗ לִי הֵם‎ thy two sons . . ., they are mine, Exod 32:16 + often: Isa 41:22 ‎הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת מָה הֵנָּה‎, Isa 49:21 ‎אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם‎ these — where were they? Zeph 2:12 after ‎אַתֶּם‎, peculiarly (compare Dr^{§ 198 Obs. 2}).
c. Deut 20:15 ‎אֲשֶׁר לֹאמֵֿעָרֵי הַגֹּויִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה‎, Judg 19:12; 1Kgs 9:20.
d. 2Kgs 7:10 ‎כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה‎. (Prov 19:7 Kt ‎לֹאהֵֿמָּה‎ is probably corrupt: see Commentaries)

4. a. Prov 30:24 ‎אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּיאָֿ֑רֶץ‎ four things are they, the little ones of the earth, vProv 30:29 (compare before a rel. clause vProv 30:15 vProv 30:18; Prov 6:16) Song 6:8; Isa 51:19 ‎שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ‎, 1Chr 9:26 (see ‎הוא‎ 4 a).
b. (β) Gen 21:29 ‎מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע ֗֗֗ ‎ literally What are they — these seven sheep? Zech 1:9; Zech 4:5. (γ) ‎אֵלֶּה ֗֗֗ ‎ ‎הֵם‎ Gen 25:16 (= 1Chr 1:36) Lev 23:2; Num 3:20; Num 3:21; Num 3:27; Num 3:33; 1Sam 4:8; 1Chr 8:6; 1Chr 12:15* (see Dr ^{§ 201, 3}).

6. a. In a neuter sense (rare), Job 6:7 ‎הֵמָּה‎ ‎כִּדְוֵי לַחמִי‎ they (i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat, Jer 7:4 ‎׳‎‎הֵיכַל י‎ ‎הֵמָּה‎ they (i.e. these buildings) are the temple of ‎׳‎‎י‎; and in the feminine, Lev 5:22* of all that a man doeth to sin ‎בָּהֵנָּה‎ therein, 1Chr 21:10 ‎מֵהֵנָּה‎ (|| 2Sam 24:12 ‎מֵהֶם‎); 2Sam 12:8; Job 23:14 ‎כָּהֵנָּה‎ things such as these.

7. With art. ‎הָהֵם‎, Gen 6:4; Exod 2:11; Num 14:38 + often; ‎הָהֵמָּה‎ 12 t. (see above); ‎הָהֵנָּה‎ 1Sam 17:28.

8. With preps. (in lieu of the normal, and more usual, forms with suffixes ‎בָּהֶם‎, ‎לָהֶם‎, ‎מֵהֶם‎ etc. [‎כָּהֶם‎ & ‎כָּהֶן‎, however, each once only, ‎כְּמוֺהֶם‎ thrice: see ‎כְּ‎]) —
a.‎בָּהֵמָּה‎ Exod 30:4; Exod 36:1 (both P), Hab 1:16 ‎כָּהֵמָּה‎ Jer 36:32 ‎לְהֵמָּה‎ Jer 14:16 ‎מֵהֵמָּה‎ Jer 10:2; Eccl 12:12.
b. ‎כָּהֵם‎ 2Sam 24:3 Yahweh add to the people ‎כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם מֵאָה‎ ‎פְעָמִים‎ the like of themselves and the like of themselves 100 times, = 1Chr 21:3 (but ‎כָּהֵם‎ here only once, compare Deut 1:11 ‎בָּכֶם‎), 2Chr 9:11; Eccl 9:12.
c. ‎בָּהֵנָּה‎ Lev 5:22* (P) Num 13:19 (JE) Jer 5:17: ‎כָּהֵנָּה‎ Gen 41:19; 2Sam 12:8 ‎וְאֹסִפָה לְךָ כָּהֵנָּה וְכָהֵנָּה‎, Job 23:14: ‎לָהֵנָּה‎ Ezek 1:5; Ezek 1:23 (twice in verse); Ezek 42:9; Zech 5:9: ‎מֵהֵנָּה‎ Lev 4:2 (P) Isa 34:16; Jer 5:6; Ezek 16:51; Ezek 42:5; Ps 34:21*; 1Chr 21:10 (|| 2Sam 24:12 ‎מֵהֶם‎).
d. ‎בָּהֵן‎ Gen 19:29 (P) Gen 30:26; Gen 30:37; Exod 25:29; Exod 37:16 (both P) Lev 10:1; Lev 11:21; Lev 14:40; Num 10:3; Num 16:7 (all P) Deut 28:52; Jer 4:29; Jer 48:9; Jer 51:43 (twice in verse) (‎בָּהֶן‎ thrice only); ‎כָּהֵן‎ Ezek 18:14 (editions; Baer ‎כָּהֶן‎); ‎לָהֵן‎ ( = therefore) Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic); ‎מֵהֵן‎ Ezek 16:47; Ezek 16:52 (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.)

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