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הֵ֫מָּה

hem.mahthey(masc.)How to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPronoun551 occurrences34 books512 verses

Definition

or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic)
Traditional renderings: it, like, × (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, × so, × such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders הֵ֫מָּה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

551 total
  1. Genesis 3:7הֵ֑ם · and they
    And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
  2. Genesis 6:4הָהֵם֒; הֵ֧מָּה · [children] who
    The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  3. Genesis 7:14הֵ֜מָּה · they
    …they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
  4. Genesis 14:13וְהֵ֖ם · all of whom
    Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
  5. Genesis 14:24הֵ֖ם · They
    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
  6. Genesis 25:16הֵ֞ם · were
    These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
  7. Genesis 34:21הֵ֣ם
    “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
  8. Genesis 34:22הֵ֥ם · they are
    But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
  9. Genesis 34:23הֵ֑ם · their
    Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
  10. Genesis 37:16הֵ֥ם · they
    “I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
  11. Genesis 40:12הֵֽם׃
    Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
  12. Genesis 40:18הֵֽם׃
    Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
  13. Genesis 42:8וְהֵ֖ם · they
    Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
  14. Genesis 42:23וְהֵם֙ · They
    They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
  15. Genesis 42:35הֵ֚ם · As they; הֵ֥מָּה · And when they
    As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
  16. Genesis 44:3הֵ֖מָּה
    At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
  17. Genesis 44:4הֵ֠ם · They
    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
  18. Genesis 47:14הֵ֣ם · they
    Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
  19. Genesis 48:5הֵ֑ם · [shall be reckoned as]
    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  20. Genesis 48:9הֵ֔ם · They
    Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
  21. Exodus 2:11הָהֵ֗ם
    One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
  22. Exodus 2:23הָהֵ֗ם
    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  23. Exodus 5:7הֵ֚ם · They
    “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
  24. Exodus 5:8הֵם֩ · as; הֵ֔ם · they; הֵ֤ם · they
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  25. Exodus 6:27הֵ֗ם
    Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
  26. Exodus 7:11הֵ֜ם · and they
    But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
  27. Exodus 8:21הֵ֥ם · where they [stand]
    But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
  28. Exodus 14:3הֵ֖ם · They
    For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
  29. Exodus 15:23הֵ֑ם · it
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
  30. Exodus 18:22הֵ֑ם · on their own
    Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
  31. Exodus 18:26הֵֽם׃ · themselves
    And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.
  32. Exodus 19:13הֵ֖מָּה · may they
    No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
  33. Exodus 24:2וְהֵ֖ם · but the others
    Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
  34. Exodus 28:5וְהֵם֙ · They
    They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
  35. Exodus 29:33הֵֽם׃ · these
    They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.
  36. Exodus 32:15הֵ֥ם
    Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
  37. Exodus 32:16הֵ֑מָּה
    The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
  38. Exodus 36:3וְ֠הֵם · Meanwhile, the people
    They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,
  39. Exodus 36:4הֵ֥מָּה
    …so that all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work
  40. Exodus 38:17וְהֵם֙
    The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
  41. Leviticus 8:28הֵם֙ · This
    Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
  42. Leviticus 11:8הֵ֖ם · they
    You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
  43. Leviticus 11:10הֵ֖ם · But the following
    But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
  44. Leviticus 11:13הֵ֑ם · because they
    Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  45. Leviticus 11:26הֵ֖ם
    Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
  46. Leviticus 11:27הֵ֖ם
    All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,