The meaning of “הֵם”
Understanding hêm reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (prolonged) הֵמָּה hêmmâh (haym'-maw); masculine plural from הֲלַךְ it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as...
הֵם
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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 7:14 | “They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.” Word: הֵם (hêm) | |
| Deuteronomy 28:65 | “And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:” Word: הֵם (hêm) | |
| 1 Chronicles 9:22 | “All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.” Word: הֵם (hêm) | |
| Song of Solomon 6:5 | “Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.” Word: הֵם (hêm) | |
| Ezekiel 10:22 | “And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. ” Word: הֵם (hêm) |
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