הֵם

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 Num 9:7 (P), Jer 14:15; Zec 14:15, and in the phrase הָהֵמָּה בַּ(הַ)מִָים 2Ki 18:4; Jer 3:16, Jer 3:18; Jer 5:18; Jer 50:4; Joe 3:2; Joel 4:1; Zec 8:23; Neh 13:15, though הָהֵם בַּיָּמִים is much more common)
pronoun 3 plural masculine (הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine Zec 5:10; Rth 1:22; Son 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. Gen 6:4; Exo 5:7 יֵָֽלְכוּ הֵם let them (emphatic) go and gather straw, Num 31:16; Isa 24:14; Hos 4:14; Hos 7:3 etc.; after כִּי Jer 5:5; Jer 34:7. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr§ 160, 169.)
b. Jdg 1:22 הֵם גַם ֗֗֗ ויעלו, Deu 2:11 (הֵם אַף), Deu 3:20; Jos 9:4; Eze 30:17.
c. Exo 18:22 every small matter יִשְׁמְּטוּהֵֿם let them judge themselves, Exo 18:26; Jer 15:19; Jer 17:18; Psa 109:28; Est 9:1.
d. Gen 33:6; Gen 44:3; Jdg 6:5 etc.
e. compare Neh 10:38.
2. a. (Resuming the subject with emphasis) Gen 14:24 (note accents), Deu 1:39; Psa 23:4; Psa 27:2 (accents), Psa 37:9; Psa 107:24; Eze 36:7; Eze 44:15.
b. Isa 30:7; Eze 27:13, Eze 27:17, Eze 27:21; compare Isa 44:11.
c. Num 14:27 a Jer 27:9; Eze 43:19 צָדוֺק מִזֶּרַע הֵם אֲשֶׁר, Ecc 4:2; Neh 2:13. **— לַחֻמִי כִּדְוֵי הֵמָּה Job 6:7 read perhaps וגו ׳וַהֲמָה (or זָָֽהֲמָה) it is loathesome (√ זהס).
3. a. Gen 3:7; Exo 5:8 הֵם נִרְמִּים כִּי for they are idle, Exo 14:3; Exo 15:23; Exo 29:33 etc. (the opposite order rare: Num 11:16; Isa 61:9, compare DePsa 94:11).
b. Gen 34:21, Gen 34:23; Gen 41:26; Gen 48:5 הֵם לִי ֗֗֗ בניך שׁני thy two sons . . ., they are mine, Exo 32:16 + often: Isa 41:22 הֵנָּה מָה הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת, Isa 49:21 הֵם אֵיפֹה אֵלֶּה these — where were they? Zep 2:12 after אַתֶּם, peculiarly (compare Dr§ 198 Obs. 2).
c. Deu 20:15 הֵנָּה הָאֵלֶּה הַגֹּויִם לֹאמֵֿעָרֵי אֲשֶׁר, Jdg 19:12; 1Ki 9:20.
d. 2Ki 7:10 הֵמָּה כַּאֲשֶׁר. (Pro 19:7 Kt לֹאהֵֿמָּה is probably corrupt: see Commentaries)
4. a. Pro 30:24 קְטַנֵּיאָֿ֑רֶץ הֵם אַרְבָּעָה four things are they, the little ones of the earth, Pro 30:29 (compare before a rel. clause Pro 30:15; Pro 30:18; Pro 6:16) Son 6:8; Isa 51:19 קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ הֵנָּה שְׁתַּיִם, 1Ch 9:26 (see הוא 4a).
b. (β) Gen 21:29 ֗֗֗ שֶׁבַע הֵנָּה מָה literally What are they — these seven sheep? Zec 1:9; Zec 4:5. (γ) הֵם ֗֗֗ אֵלֶּה Gen 25:16 (= 1Ch 1:36) Lev 23:2; Num 3:20-21, Num 3:27, Num 3:33; 1Sa 4:8; 1Ch 8:6; 1Ch 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, Jer 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, 1Ch 21:10 מֵהֵנָּה (|| 2Sa 24:12 מֵהֶם); 2Sa 12:8; Job 23:14 כָּהֵנָּה things such as these.
7 With art. הָהֵם, Gen 6:4; Exo 2:11; Num 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה12t. (see above); הָהֵנָּה 1Sa 17:28.
N.B. — Eze 8:6 Kt מָהֵם stands for הֵם מָה (so Qr), compare מַזֶּה for מַהזֶּֿה Exo 4:2; 2Ki 9:18 עַדהֵֿם is irregular for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2Sa 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 Exo 30:4; Exo 36:1 (both P), Hab 1:16; כָּהֵמָּה Jer 36:32; לְהֵמָּה Jer 14:16 מֵהֵמָּה Jer 10:2; Ecc 12:12.
b. כָּהֵם 2Sa 24:3 Yahweh add to the people פְעָמִים מֵאָה וְכָהֵם כָּהֵם the like of themselves and the like of themselves100times, = 1Ch 21:3 (but כָּהֵם here only once, compare Deu 1:11 בָּכֶם), 2Ch 9:11; Ecc 9:12.
c. בָּהֵנָּה Leviticus 5:22 (P) Num 13:19 (JE) Jer 5:17: כָּהֵנָּה Gen 41:19; 2Sa 12:8 וְכָהֵנָּה כָּהֵנָּה לְךָ וְאֹסִפָה, Job 23:14: לָהֵנָּה Eze 1:5, Eze 1:23 (twice in verse); Eze 42:9; Zec 5:9: מֵהֵנָּה Lev 4:2 (P) Isa 34:16; Jer 5:6; Eze 16:51; Eze 42:5; Psa 34:21; 1Ch 21:10 (|| 2Sa 24:12 מֵהֶם).
d. בָּהֵן Gen 19:29 (P) Gen 30:26, Gen 30:37; Exo 25:29; Exo 37:16 (both P) Lev 10:1; Lev 11:21; Lev 14:40; Num 10:3; Num 16:7 (all P) Deu 28:52; Jer 4:29; Jer 48:9; Jer 51:43 (twice in verse) (בָּהֶן thrice only); כָּהֵן Eze 18:14 (editions; Baer כָּהֶן); לָהֵן ( = therefore) Rth 1:13 (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic); מֵהֵן Eze 16:47, Eze 16:52 (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.)