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 De^{Psalm 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.)