Hebrew · H1992

הֵם

They (only used when emphatic)

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הֵם H1992

What does הֵם mean in the Bible?

הֵם is a Hebrew word meaning "they (only used when emphatic)".

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Questions this entry answers

What does הֵם mean in the Bible?

הֵם is a Hebrew word meaning "they (only used when emphatic)".

How does the BSB render H1992?

The BSB source-word alignment has 551 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they (166), . . . (93), In those (31), and they (19), - (18).

Where does הֵם appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 3:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (66), Ezekiel (63), 2 Kings (39), Numbers (33).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

they 166× Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 42:8

. . . 93× Genesis 6:4, Genesis 34:21, Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18

In those 31× Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1, Judges 19:1, Judges 20:27

and they 19× Genesis 3:7, Exodus 7:11, Leviticus 26:43, Numbers 15:25

- 18× Exodus 6:27, Exodus 36:4, Leviticus 22:2, Numbers 13:3

But they 17× Deuteronomy 9:29, 1 Samuel 19:21, Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 9:16

[are] they 12× 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 15:23

are they 11× 2 Kings 1:18, 2 Kings 8:23, 2 Kings 13:12, 2 Kings 15:36

these 6× Exodus 29:33, Leviticus 16:4, Numbers 20:13, 1 Chronicles 2:55

who 6× 1 Chronicles 8:6, 1 Chronicles 8:13, 1 Chronicles 9:26, Psalms 88:5

those 5× Numbers 14:38, Numbers 27:14, Esther 9:1, Jeremiah 31:33

were 5× Genesis 25:16, Numbers 3:20, 2 Samuel 21:2, 1 Kings 9:20

are 4× Leviticus 23:2, 1 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 12:15, Ezekiel 12:10

them 4× 2 Kings 9:18, 1 Chronicles 9:22, Jeremiah 25:14, Ezekiel 8:13

there 4× Deuteronomy 18:9, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:29, Song Of Solomon 6:8

they [are] 4× 1 Samuel 12:21, 2 Samuel 17:8, Psalms 25:6, Jeremiah 50:42

they [were] 4× Numbers 1:16, Joshua 9:16, 1 Kings 9:22, 2 Chronicles 8:9

they are 4× Genesis 34:22, Job 6:7, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 4:5

while they 4× Numbers 25:6, Judges 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:30, 1 Kings 13:20

yet they 4× Proverbs 30:24, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 23:21

As they 3× Genesis 42:35, 1 Samuel 9:27, 2 Kings 2:11

Let them 3× Judges 10:14, Psalms 43:3, Jeremiah 17:18

that 3× 2 Kings 18:4, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:22

vvv 3× 1 Chronicles 5:23, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:20

After they 2× Judges 18:22, Judges 18:27

And as they 2× 1 Samuel 9:11, 1 Samuel 9:14

And while they 2× Judges 18:3, Isaiah 65:24

at that 2× Deuteronomy 19:17, Joshua 20:6

for they 2× Song Of Solomon 6:5, Ezekiel 2:7

it 2× Exodus 15:23, Leviticus 11:35

may they 2× Exodus 19:13, 1 Samuel 26:19

Now in those 2× 1 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 16:23

Such 2× Deuteronomy 33:17, Jeremiah 16:20

themselves 2× Exodus 18:26, Isaiah 44:11

Though they 2× Psalms 109:28, Hosea 3:1

When they 2× Judges 19:11, 1 Samuel 9:5

[And while] they 1× 2 Samuel 20:8

[children] who 1× Genesis 6:4

[each] 1× 2 Chronicles 9:24

[neither] they 1× Jeremiah 19:4

[shall be reckoned as] 1× Genesis 48:5

[the Israelites are] 1× Leviticus 25:42

[the Levites] 1× Numbers 8:16

[the spies] 1× Joshua 2:8

[this city] 1× Ezekiel 11:7

[This is] 1× Jeremiah 7:4

{Can they bring} these 1× Nehemiah 4:2

against those 1× Zechariah 14:3

all of whom 1× Genesis 14:13

Among those 1× Deuteronomy 28:65

and 1× Isaiah 37:38

and [your brothers] 1× Joshua 1:15

and let it be used 1× 2 Kings 12:5

and such 1× Deuteronomy 33:17

and that they 1× Ezekiel 34:30

and those 1× Deuteronomy 29:3

And when they 1× Genesis 42:35

and who 1× 1 Chronicles 8:13

and yet they 1× Jeremiah 27:15

are of 1× Ezekiel 43:19

as 1× Exodus 5:8

as before 1× Judges 20:32

as the Israelites 1× 2 Kings 13:21

because they 1× Leviticus 11:13

But am I the One 1× Jeremiah 7:19

But it is 1× Ezekiel 33:17

but now 1× Nahum 2:8

But the Benjamites 1× Judges 20:34

But the following 1× Leviticus 11:10

but the others 1× Exodus 24:2

But these [gods] 1× 2 Chronicles 28:23

But those 1× Psalms 63:9

did they come from 1× Isaiah 49:21

For even while 1× Nehemiah 9:35

for themselves 1× Ecclesiastes 3:18

for which [you] 1× Jeremiah 22:27

how they 1× 2 Chronicles 20:11

in these 1× Zechariah 8:6

indeed, they 1× Isaiah 57:6

Israel 1× Deuteronomy 32:28

It is they 1× Jeremiah 15:19

Meanwhile, the people 1× Exodus 36:3

neither they 1× Ezekiel 43:7

not 1× 2 Chronicles 12:15

of them 1× Psalms 9:6

of these 1× Numbers 16:14

of those 1× Deuteronomy 29:18

on their own 1× Exodus 18:22

or if [a slave] 1× Leviticus 22:11

or their 1× Jeremiah 14:16

People 1× Hosea 13:2

presides at that 1× Deuteronomy 17:9

serving at that 1× Deuteronomy 26:3

So [these kings] 1× Joshua 11:4

so that they 1× Nehemiah 10:37

So they 1× 1 Chronicles 9:23

such [creatures] 1× Leviticus 11:42

that they 1× Ecclesiastes 3:18

the guards 1× Nehemiah 7:3

the men themselves 1× Hosea 4:14

the Midianites 1× Judges 6:5

the others 1× Job 32:4

the people of Ai 1× Joshua 7:3

the places 1× 2 Chronicles 8:11

their 1× Genesis 34:23

their idols 1× Jeremiah 10:5

Then there 1× Job 24:13

Then they 1× Jeremiah 42:5

These [men] 1× Numbers 7:2

These [were] 1× 1 Chronicles 4:23

these mountains 1× Deuteronomy 11:30

these very 1× Jeremiah 14:15

They alone 1× Ezekiel 44:16

they had come from 1× Joshua 2:4

they too 1× Jeremiah 5:5

they were living 1× Ezekiel 20:9

This 1× Leviticus 8:28

were intact 1× 2 Kings 7:10

where they [stand] 1× Exodus 8:21

which 1× Zechariah 4:10

who in those 1× Ezekiel 38:17

Will they 1× Job 8:10

with their 1× Jeremiah 17:25

with them 1× Joshua 23:12

Yet they [are] 1× Jeremiah 2:11

yet they are 1× Psalms 55:21

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 3:7

Aligned rows 551

Books represented 34

Genesis 22 Exodus 22 Leviticus 19 Numbers 33 Deuteronomy 22 Joshua 13 Judges 24 Ruth 1 1 Samuel 23 2 Samuel 9 1 Kings 24 2 Kings 39 1 Chronicles 24 2 Chronicles 19 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 17 Esther 4 Job 4 Psalms 28 Proverbs 10 Ecclesiastes 5 Song Of Solomon 2 Isaiah 21 Jeremiah 66 Lamentations 2 Ezekiel 63 Daniel 2 Hosea 13 Joel 2 Micah 1 Nahum 1 Zephaniah 2 Zechariah 12 Malachi 1

Source forms

הֵ֣ם 40x hêm Genesis 34:21, Genesis 47:14, Leviticus 17:5, Numbers 16:33

הֵ֖מָּה 31x hêm·māh Genesis 44:3, Exodus 19:13, Leviticus 11:28, Deuteronomy 1:39

הֵ֣מָּה 27x hêm·māh 2 Samuel 13:30, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 15:23, 2 Kings 1:18

הֵ֥ם 26x hêm Genesis 34:22, Genesis 37:16, Exodus 8:21, Exodus 32:15

הֵֽמָּה׃ 25x hêm·māh Numbers 13:3, Joshua 2:4, Joshua 7:3, 1 Samuel 12:21

הֵ֖ם 23x hêm Genesis 14:24, Exodus 14:3, Leviticus 11:8, Leviticus 11:10

הֵ֥מָּה 22x hêm·māh Genesis 42:35, Exodus 36:4, Numbers 14:27, Judges 18:22

הָהֵ֔ם 18x hā·hêm Numbers 14:38, Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1, Judges 19:1

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - third person masculine plural 392x Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:24

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural 97x Genesis 14:13, Genesis 42:8, Genesis 42:23, Exodus 24:2

Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural 58x Genesis 6:4, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:23, Numbers 9:7

Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine plural 3x Ecclesiastes 3:18, Song Of Solomon 6:5, Lamentations 4:9

Noun - proper - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 30:7

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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