Hebrew · H1992

הֵם

They (only used when emphatic)

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הֵםH1992

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

they166×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 those31×Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1, Judges 19:1, Judges 20:27

and they19×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 they17×Deuteronomy 9:29, 1 Samuel 19:21, Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 9:16

[are] they12×1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 15:23

are they11×2 Kings 1:18, 2 Kings 8:23, 2 Kings 13:12, 2 Kings 15:36

these6×Exodus 29:33, Leviticus 16:4, Numbers 20:13, 1 Chronicles 2:55

who6×1 Chronicles 8:6, 1 Chronicles 8:13, 1 Chronicles 9:26, Psalms 88:5

those5×Numbers 14:38, Numbers 27:14, Esther 9:1, Jeremiah 31:33

were5×Genesis 25:16, Numbers 3:20, 2 Samuel 21:2, 1 Kings 9:20

are4×Leviticus 23:2, 1 Kings 20:3, 1 Chronicles 12:15, Ezekiel 12:10

them4×2 Kings 9:18, 1 Chronicles 9:22, Jeremiah 25:14, Ezekiel 8:13

there4×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 are4×Genesis 34:22, Job 6:7, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 4:5

while they4×Numbers 25:6, Judges 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:30, 1 Kings 13:20

yet they4×Proverbs 30:24, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 23:21

As they3×Genesis 42:35, 1 Samuel 9:27, 2 Kings 2:11

Let them3×Judges 10:14, Psalms 43:3, Jeremiah 17:18

that3×2 Kings 18:4, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:22

vvv3×1 Chronicles 5:23, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 14:20

After they2×Judges 18:22, Judges 18:27

And as they2×1 Samuel 9:11, 1 Samuel 9:14

And while they2×Judges 18:3, Isaiah 65:24

at that2×Deuteronomy 19:17, Joshua 20:6

for they2×Song Of Solomon 6:5, Ezekiel 2:7

it2×Exodus 15:23, Leviticus 11:35

may they2×Exodus 19:13, 1 Samuel 26:19

Now in those2×1 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 16:23

Such2×Deuteronomy 33:17, Jeremiah 16:20

themselves2×Exodus 18:26, Isaiah 44:11

Though they2×Psalms 109:28, Hosea 3:1

When they2×Judges 19:11, 1 Samuel 9:5

[And while] they1×2 Samuel 20:8

[children] who1×Genesis 6:4

[each]1×2 Chronicles 9:24

[neither] they1×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} these1×Nehemiah 4:2

against those1×Zechariah 14:3

all of whom1×Genesis 14:13

Among those1×Deuteronomy 28:65

and1×Isaiah 37:38

and [your brothers]1×Joshua 1:15

and let it be used1×2 Kings 12:5

and such1×Deuteronomy 33:17

and that they1×Ezekiel 34:30

and those1×Deuteronomy 29:3

And when they1×Genesis 42:35

and who1×1 Chronicles 8:13

and yet they1×Jeremiah 27:15

are of1×Ezekiel 43:19

as1×Exodus 5:8

as before1×Judges 20:32

as the Israelites1×2 Kings 13:21

because they1×Leviticus 11:13

But am I the One1×Jeremiah 7:19

But it is1×Ezekiel 33:17

but now1×Nahum 2:8

But the Benjamites1×Judges 20:34

But the following1×Leviticus 11:10

but the others1×Exodus 24:2

But these [gods]1×2 Chronicles 28:23

But those1×Psalms 63:9

did they come from1×Isaiah 49:21

For even while1×Nehemiah 9:35

for themselves1×Ecclesiastes 3:18

for which [you]1×Jeremiah 22:27

how they1×2 Chronicles 20:11

in these1×Zechariah 8:6

indeed, they1×Isaiah 57:6

Israel1×Deuteronomy 32:28

It is they1×Jeremiah 15:19

Meanwhile, the people1×Exodus 36:3

neither they1×Ezekiel 43:7

not1×2 Chronicles 12:15

of them1×Psalms 9:6

of these1×Numbers 16:14

of those1×Deuteronomy 29:18

on their own1×Exodus 18:22

or if [a slave]1×Leviticus 22:11

or their1×Jeremiah 14:16

People1×Hosea 13:2

presides at that1×Deuteronomy 17:9

serving at that1×Deuteronomy 26:3

So [these kings]1×Joshua 11:4

so that they1×Nehemiah 10:37

So they1×1 Chronicles 9:23

such [creatures]1×Leviticus 11:42

that they1×Ecclesiastes 3:18

the guards1×Nehemiah 7:3

the men themselves1×Hosea 4:14

the Midianites1×Judges 6:5

the others1×Job 32:4

the people of Ai1×Joshua 7:3

the places1×2 Chronicles 8:11

their1×Genesis 34:23

their idols1×Jeremiah 10:5

Then there1×Job 24:13

Then they1×Jeremiah 42:5

These [men]1×Numbers 7:2

These [were]1×1 Chronicles 4:23

these mountains1×Deuteronomy 11:30

these very1×Jeremiah 14:15

They alone1×Ezekiel 44:16

they had come from1×Joshua 2:4

they too1×Jeremiah 5:5

they were living1×Ezekiel 20:9

This1×Leviticus 8:28

were intact1×2 Kings 7:10

where they [stand]1×Exodus 8:21

which1×Zechariah 4:10

who in those1×Ezekiel 38:17

Will they1×Job 8:10

with their1×Jeremiah 17:25

with them1×Joshua 23:12

Yet they [are]1×Jeremiah 2:11

yet they are1×Psalms 55:21

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Usage map

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

First aligned rowGenesis 3:7

Aligned rows551

Books represented34

Genesis22Exodus22Leviticus19Numbers33Deuteronomy22Joshua13Judges24Ruth11 Samuel232 Samuel91 Kings242 Kings391 Chronicles242 Chronicles19Ezra1Nehemiah17Esther4Job4Psalms28Proverbs10Ecclesiastes5Song Of Solomon2Isaiah21Jeremiah66Lamentations2Ezekiel63Daniel2Hosea13Joel2Micah1Nahum1Zephaniah2Zechariah12Malachi1

Source forms

הֵ֣ם40xhêmGenesis 34:21, Genesis 47:14, Leviticus 17:5, Numbers 16:33

הֵ֖מָּה31xhêm·māhGenesis 44:3, Exodus 19:13, Leviticus 11:28, Deuteronomy 1:39

הֵ֣מָּה27xhêm·māh2 Samuel 13:30, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 15:23, 2 Kings 1:18

הֵ֥ם26xhêmGenesis 34:22, Genesis 37:16, Exodus 8:21, Exodus 32:15

הֵֽמָּה׃25xhêm·māhNumbers 13:3, Joshua 2:4, Joshua 7:3, 1 Samuel 12:21

הֵ֖ם23xhêmGenesis 14:24, Exodus 14:3, Leviticus 11:8, Leviticus 11:10

הֵ֥מָּה22xhêm·māhGenesis 42:35, Exodus 36:4, Numbers 14:27, Judges 18:22

הָהֵ֔ם18xhā·hêmNumbers 14:38, Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1, Judges 19:1

Parsing patterns

Pronoun - third person masculine plural392xGenesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:24

Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural97xGenesis 14:13, Genesis 42:8, Genesis 42:23, Exodus 24:2

Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural58xGenesis 6:4, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:23, Numbers 9:7

Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine plural3xEcclesiastes 3:18, Song Of Solomon 6:5, Lamentations 4:9

Noun - proper - masculine singular1xIsaiah 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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