הֵ֫מָּה

hem.mah · they(masc.)

Hebrew · Strong's H1992 · Pronoun · Sounds like: haym · 552 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הֵ֫מָּה 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) pron. 3 pl. masc. they

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 3:7 הֵ֑ם Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

  2. Genesis 6:4 הָהֵם֒ ha.Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

  3. Genesis 6:4 הֵ֧מָּה He.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

    The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

  4. Genesis 7:14 הֵ֜מָּה He.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

    they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

  5. Genesis 14:13 וְהֵ֖ם ve.Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with Abram.

  6. Genesis 14:24 הֵ֖ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

  7. Genesis 25:16 הֵ֞ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

  8. Genesis 34:21 הֵ֣ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  9. Genesis 34:22 הֵ֥ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

  10. Genesis 34:23 הֵ֑ם Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

  11. Genesis 37:16 הֵ֥ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.

  12. Genesis 40:12 הֵֽם׃ Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;

  13. Genesis 40:18 הֵֽם׃ Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

  14. Genesis 42:8 וְהֵ֖ם ve.Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

  15. Genesis 42:23 וְהֵם֙ ve.Hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

  16. Genesis 42:35 הֵ֚ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

  17. Genesis 42:35 הֵ֥מָּה He.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

    And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

  18. Genesis 44:3 הֵ֖מָּה He.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

    As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

  19. Genesis 44:4 הֵ֠ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

  20. Genesis 47:14 הֵ֣ם hem · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

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