הֵ֫מָּה
they
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Pronoun
- A word standing in for a noun (“he,” “this,” “who”).
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H1992 appears in the Book of 2 Kings — 38 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 1:18 הֵ֣מָּה pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 2:11 הֵ֣מָּה pron pers 3mp It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2 Kings 4:5 הֵ֛ם pron pers 3mp So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.
- 2 Kings 4:40 וְ/הֵ֣מָּה conj + pron pers 3mp So they poured out for the men to eat. It happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, man of God, there is death in the pot. They could not eat of it.
- 2 Kings 7:10 הֵֽמָּה pron pers 3mp So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 8:23 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 9:18 הֵ֖ם pron pers 3mp So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.
- 2 Kings 10:32 הָ/הֵ֔ם ptcl def.art + pron pers 3mp In those days Yahweh began to cut off from Israel: and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
- 2 Kings 10:34 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 12:5 וְ/הֵ֗ם conj + pron pers 3mp let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found.
- 2 Kings 12:15 הֵ֥ם pron pers 3mp Moreover they didn't demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
- 2 Kings 12:19 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 13:8 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 13:12 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 13:21 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp It happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
- 2 Kings 14:15 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 14:18 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 14:28 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 15:6 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 15:21 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 15:36 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 15:37 הָ/הֵ֔ם ptcl def.art + pron pers 3mp In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
- 2 Kings 16:19 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 17:29 הֵ֥ם pron pers 3mp However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
- 2 Kings 17:34 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp To this day they do after the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- 2 Kings 17:40 הֵ֥ם pron pers 3mp However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
- 2 Kings 17:41 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.
- 2 Kings 18:4 הָ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron pers 3mp He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Kings 19:18 הֵ֗מָּה pron pers 3mp and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- 2 Kings 19:37 וְ/הֵ֥מָּה conj + pron pers 3mp It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 20:1 הָ/הֵ֔ם ptcl def.art + pron pers 3mp In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.
- 2 Kings 20:20 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 21:17 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 21:25 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 22:7 הֵ֥ם pron pers 3mp However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
- 2 Kings 23:28 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 24:5 הֵ֣ם pron pers 3mp Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 25:23 הֵ֣מָּה הֵ֖מָּה pron pers 3mp pron pers 3mp Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
הם — transliterated hêm — is a Hebrew word carrying the sense “they.” Debuting at Genesis 3:7, it then recurs through the corpus. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 524 verses — among the most common. It shares a root with הלך, הוך and הלך. See the sense tree, 524-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1992 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 524
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 524 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #88
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 88 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 524 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 524 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 298 verses · 57%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 116 verses · 22%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 110 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: These 5×, They 5×, Them 4×
- American Standard Version: Them 4×, These 4×, They 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: They 256×, Those 40×, Are they 11×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: They 387×, Those 47×, Are 27×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1992 across 42 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1992 across 43 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1992 across 426 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 122 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1992 across 586 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
21 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 21 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. Gn 6:4; Ex 5:7 הֵם יֵֽלְכוּ let them (emph.) go and gather straw, Nu 31:16; Is 24:14; Ho 4:14; 7:3 etc.; after כִּי Je 5:5; 34:7. (For the use in circumst. clauses v. Dr§ 160, 169.) e.g. Genesis 6:4
- b. Ju 1:22 ויעלו … גַם הֵם, Dt 2:11 (אַף הֵם), 3:20; Jos 9:4; Ez 30:17. e.g. Judges 1:22
- c. Ex 18:22 every small matter יִשְׁפְּטוּ־הֵם let them judge themselves, v 26 Je 15:19; 17:18 ψ 109:28; Est 9:1. e.g. Exodus 18:22
- d. Gn 33:6; 44:3 Jud 6:5 etc. e.g. Genesis 33:6
- e. cf. Ne 10:38. e.g. Nehemiah 10:38
- 2.
- a. (Resuming the subj. with emph.) Gn 14:24 (note accents), Dt 1:39 ψ 23:4; 27:2 (accents), 37:9; 107:24; Ez 36:7; 44:15. e.g. Genesis 14:24
- b. Is 30:7; Ez 27:13, 17, 21; cf. Is 44:11. e.g. Isaiah 30:7
- c. Nu 14:27a Je 27:9; Ez 43:19 אֲשֶׁר הֵם מִזֶּרַע צָדוֹק, Ec 4:2; Ne 2:13.—הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי Jb 6:7 read perhaps וַהֲמָה וגו׳ (or זָֽהֲמָה) it is loathesome (√ זהם). e.g. Numbers 14:27
- 3.
- a. Gn 3:7; Ex 5:8 כִּי נִרְפִּים הֵם for they are idle, 14:3; 15:23; 29:33 etc. (the opp. order rare: Nu 11:16 Is 61:9, cf. De ψ 94:11). e.g. Genesis 3:7
- b. Gn 34:21, 23; 41:26; 48:5 שׁני בניך … לִי הֵם thy two sons …, they are mine, Ex 32:16 + often: Is. 41:22 הָרִאשֹׁנוֹת מָה הֵנָּה, 49:21 אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם these—where were they? Zp 2:12 after אַתֶּם, peculiarly (cf. Dr§ 198 Obs. 2). e.g. Genesis 34:21
- c. Dt 20:15 אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מֵעָרֵי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה, Ju 19:12 1 K 9:20. e.g. Deuteronomy 20:15
- d. 2 K 7:10 כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה. (Pr 19:7 Kt לֹא־הֵמָּה is prob. corrupt: v. Comm.) e.g. 2 Kings 7:10
- 4.
- a. Pr 30:24 אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּי־אָ֑רֶץ four things are they, the little ones of the earth, v 29 (cf. before a rel. clause v 15, 18; 6:16) Ct 6:8; Is 51:19 שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ, 1 Ch 9:26 (v. הוא 4 a). e.g. Proverbs 30:24
- b. (β) Gn 21:29 מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע … lit. What are they—these seven sheep? Zc 1:9; 4:5. (γ) אֵלֶּה … הֵם †Gn 25:16 (= 1 Ch 1:36) Lv 23:2; Nu 3:20, 21, 27, 33 1 S 4:8 1 Ch 8:6; 12:15 (v. Dr§ 201, 3). e.g. Genesis 21:29
- 6.
- a. In a neuter sense (rare), Jb 6:7 הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי they (i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat, Je 7:4 הֵיכַל י׳ הֵמָּה they (i.e. these buildings) are the temple of י׳; and in the fem., Lv 5:22 of all that a man doeth to sin בָּהֵנָּה therein, 1 Ch 21:10 מֵהֵנָּה (‖ 2 S 24:12 מֵהֶם); 2 S 12:8 Jb 23:14 כָּהֵנָּה things such as these. e.g. Job 6:7
- 7. With art. הָהֵם, Gn 6:4; Ex 2:11; Nu 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה 12 times (v. supr.); הָהֵנָּה †1 S 17:28. N.B.—Ez 8:6 Kt מָהֵם stands for מָה הֵם (so Qr), cf. מַזֶּה for מַה־זֶּה Ex 4:2; 2 K 9:18 עַד־הֵם is irreg. for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2 S 4:6 וְהֵנָּה וג׳ is textual error for וְהִנֵּה שֹׁעֶרֶת הַבַּיִת סֹקְלָה חִטִּים וג׳ v. We Dr (𝔊 & RVm). e.g. Genesis 6:4
- 8. With preps. (in lieu of the normal, and more usual, forms with suffixes בָּהֶם, לָהֶם, מֵהֶם etc. [כָּהֶם & כָּהֶן, however, each once only, כְּמוֹהֶם thrice: v. כְּ])—
- a. בָּהֵמָּה †Ex 30:4; 36:1 (both P), Hb 1:16; כָּהֵמָּה †Je 36:32; לָהֵמָּה †Je 14:16; מֵהֵמָּה †Je 10:2 Ec 12:12. e.g. Exodus 30:4
- b. כָּהֵם †2 S 24:3 Yahweh add to the people כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם מֵאָה פְעָמִים the like of themselves and the like of themselves 100 times, = 1 Ch 21:3 (but כָּהֵם here only once, cf. Dt 1:11 כָּכֶם), 2 Ch 9:11; Ec 9:12. e.g. 2 Samuel 24:3
- c. בָּהֵנָּה †Lv 5:22 (P) Nu 13:19 (JE) Je 5:17: כָּהֵנָּה †Gn 41:19 2 S 12:8 וְאֹסִפָה לְךָ כָּהֵנָּה וְכָהֵנָּה, Jb 23:14: לָהֵנָּה †Ez 1:5, 23(×2); 42:9; Zc 5:9: מֵהֵנָּה †Lv 4:2 (P) Is 34:16; Je 5:6; Ez 16:51; 42:5 ψ 34:21 1 Ch 21:10 (‖ 2 S 24:12 מֵהֶם). e.g. Leviticus 5:22
- d. בָּהֵן †Gn 19:29 (P) 30:26, 37 Ex 25:29; 37:16 (both P) Lv 10:1; 11:21; 14:40 Nu 10:3; 16:7 (all P) Dt 28:52; Jr 4:29; 48:9; 51:43(×2) (בָּהֶן thrice only, v. p. 88); כָּהֵן †Ez 18:14 (edd.; Baer כָּהֶן); לָהֵן (= therefore) †Ru 1:13(×2) (also Biblical Aramaic); מֵהֵן †Ez 16:47, 52 (edd.; Baer מֵהֶן). (With the exception of כָּהֵנָּה, these forms are found mostly in P and writers not earlier than Je.; b and d, however, depend solely on the punctuation.) e.g. Genesis 19:29
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
and הֵם (without appreciable distinction in usage, except prob. in so far as the longer or shorter form was better adapted to the rhythm of particular sentences: on the whole הֵמָּה (alone) is somewhat more freq. than הֵם, הָהֵם on the contrary is said regularly, הָהֵמָּה occurring only 12 times, viz. Nu 9:7 (P), Je 14:15 Zc 14:15, and in the phr. בַּ(הַ)יָּמִים הָהֵמָּה 2 K 18:4 Je 3:16, 18; 5:18; 50:4; Jo 3:2; 4:1; Zc 8:23; Ne 13:15, though בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם is much more common) pron. 3 pl. masc. (הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the fem. Zc 5:10; Ru 1:22; Ct 6:8), fem. הֵ֫נָּה [NH also הֵן, which occurs however in Bibl. Heb. only after a prefix: v. infr. 8], pr. 3 pl. they (Biblical Aramaic הִמּוֹ, q.v.; هُنَّ, هُمْ; Ethiopic (one form) እሙንቱ: እማንቱ: ʾemūn-tū, ʾemān-tū; cf. also for the dissyl. form, the sf. –ōmū [fem. –ōn]; perhaps also Assyrian suff. šunu, šina[ni], cf. reff. sub הוּא). In usage not different in genl. from הוּא, הִיא (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus:—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from הלך (hălak) (H1981) — to walk.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
הוּא
- (b. h.) he, it; she; it is &c. Snh. III, 3 (24ᵇ) if he has no trade אלא הוא (Y. ed., Erub. 82ᵃ היא) except this (gambling &c.); יש לו אומנות שלא הוא (היא) if he has a trade besides this (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80).—הוא—הוא, היא—היא it is the same, i.e. there is no difference between the two. Y. Ber. I, 3ᵇ היא היא both are equally precious. Gen. R. s. 9, end הוא מאד הוא אדם the word מאד has the same letters as אדם. Ber. 2ᵇ דילמא ביאת אורו הוא perhaps it is (means) the arrival of his day, v. אוֹר II; a. v. fr.—[Shebi. III, 8 עושה הוא; IV, 5 מכסה הוא, Y. ed. עוֹשֵׂהוּ, מְכַסֵּהוּ; ib. X, 6 מזכה הוא; Ms. M., Gitt. 37ᵃ מְזַכֵּהוּ.]—ולא היא but it is not so (it has a different reason &c.). Ber. 57ᵃ; a. fr.—כל שהוא (כל שהיא) a) whosoever, whatsoever (is). Peah II, 4 כל ש׳ אוכל whatever is eatable &c.; a. fr.—b) whatever it may be, a minimum, v. כָּל. Shebi. X, 6 כל שהוא; Gitt. l. c. כל שֶׁהוּ; a. fr.—ספר היא the Book Hi, name of a Pentateuch scroll in the Temple in which היא occurs nine times (for the archaic הִוא), whereas in others it appears eleven times (v. Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXXIV, ed. Schechter). Sifré Deut. 356; Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵃ bot.—הַהוּא, הַהִיא, mostly in Chald. diction, v. next w.—Pl. הֵם m., הֵן c. Ber. 2ᵇ והלא כהנים … הם טובלים but do not priests bathe &c.?—Meg. 14ᵇ רהמניות הן are compassionate. Ḥull. 127ᵇ הרי הן וכ׳ they are to be treated as if &c.; a. v. fr.—הן … הן are the same. Y. Ab. Zar. II, end, 42ᵃ, v. אִסְטַגְיוֹת.—With prep. מֵהֶם, מֵהֶן, לָהֶם &c.
הֵם
- m. pl. of הוּא.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 95 distinct written forms H1992 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הֵ֣ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Esther 10:2 | 43 |
| הֵ֖מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 1:39 | 31 |
| הֵֽמָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 2:6 | 28 |
| הֵ֣מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 10:22 | 27 |
| הֵ֥ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ecclesiastes 1:7 | 26 |
| הֵ֖ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 2:11 | 23 |
| הֵ֥מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ecclesiastes 4:2 | 22 |
| הָ/הֵ֔ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Daniel 11:14 | 18 |
| הֵ֑ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 15:23 | 16 |
| הֵ֗מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 14:7 | 15 |
| הֵ֨מָּה֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 44:19 | 15 |
| הֵ֚מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 20:49 | 12 |
| הֵ֤מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 2:3 | 12 |
| הֵֽם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 18:26 | 12 |
| וְ/הֵ֖ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 1:39 | 12 |
| וְ/הֵ֖מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 25:4 | 12 |
| הֵ֑מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 32:28 | 11 |
| הֵ֔ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 3:20 | 10 |
| הֵ֔מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 32:20 | 10 |
| הֵ֜מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 11:30 | 9 |
| וְ/הֵם֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 33:3 | 9 |
| הֵ֗ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 6:27 | 8 |
| הֵ֛מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 32:29 | 8 |
| הָ/הֵ֑ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Daniel 10:2 | 8 |
| וְ/הֵ֣מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 1 Kings 10:25 | 8 |
| וְ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 2:5 | 8 |
| הֵ֛ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 2 Kings 4:5 | 7 |
| וְ/הֵ֥ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 9:29 | 7 |
| הָ/הֵֽם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 18:9 | 6 |
| וְ/הֵ֗מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 34:30 | 6 |
| הֵ֚ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 32:21 | 5 |
| הֵ֞ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Genesis 25:16 | 5 |
| הֵ֭מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Proverbs 30:18 | 5 |
| הֵם֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Hosea 4:14 | 5 |
| הָ/הֵ֗ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 2:11 | 5 |
| וְ/הֵ֥מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ecclesiastes 7:29 | 5 |
| הֵ֧מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Genesis 6:4 | 4 |
| הֵם֩ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 5:8 | 4 |
| הָ/הֵם֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 28:65 | 4 |
| וְ/הֵ֛מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 8:16 | 4 |
| הָ/הֵ֔מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Jeremiah 3:18 | 3 |
| הֵ֝֗מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Job 6:7 | 3 |
| הֵ֤ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Deuteronomy 4:10 | 3 |
| הֵמָּה֮ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 23:10 | 3 |
| הָ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 2 Kings 18:4 | 3 |
| וְ/הֵ֛ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 2 Chronicles 3:13 | 3 |
| וְ/הֵ֣ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 2 Chronicles 9:24 | 3 |
| וְ/הֵ֨מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 2 Samuel 21:9 | 3 |
| וְ֝/הֵ֗ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Proverbs 18:8 | 3 |
| הָ/הֵ֖מָּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Masculine, Plural | Joel 3:1 | 2 |
| הֵ֠מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Ezekiel 37:25 | 2 |
| הֵ֨ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 1 Chronicles 24:31 | 2 |
| הֵ֭ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Proverbs 4:22 | 2 |
| וְ/הֵ֕מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Hosea 6:7 | 2 |
| וְ/הֵ֗ם | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Hosea 3:1 | 2 |
| וְ/הֵ֤מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | 1 Kings 22:32 | 2 |
| וְ֝/הֵ֗מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Proverbs 30:24 | 2 |
| בָ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Habakkuk 1:16 | 1 |
| בָּ/הֵ֔מָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 36:1 | 1 |
| בָּ/הֵֽמָּה | Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural | Exodus 30:4 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 35 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1992, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 483 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 524 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:7
- Exodus 2:11
- Leviticus 8:28
- Numbers 1:16
- Deuteronomy 1:39
- Joshua 1:15
- Judges 1:22
- Ruth 1:22
- 1 Samuel 3:1
- 2 Samuel 2:24
- 1 Kings 1:41
- 2 Kings 1:18
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
