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
הֵם,
הָהֵם on the contrary is said regularly,
הָהֵמָּה occurring only +
12 times, namely
Numbers 9:7 (P),
Jeremiah 14:15;
Zechariah 14:15, and in the phrase
בַּ(הַ)מִָים הָהֵמָּה 2 Kings 18:4;
Jeremiah 3:16,
18;
Jeremiah 5:18;
Jeremiah 50:4;
Joel 3:2; Joel 4:1;
Zechariah 8:23;
Nehemiah 13:15, though
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם is much more common)
pronoun 3rd person plural masculine (
הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine
Zechariah 5:10;
Ruth 1:22;
Songs 6:8),
feminine H2007 הֵ֫נָּה [Late Hebrew also
הֵן, which occurs however in Biblical Hebrew only after a prefix: see below
8],
pronoun 3 plural they (Biblical Aramaic
H1994 הִמּוֺ, which see;
هُمْ,
هُنً; Ethiopic (one form)
እሙንቱ፡ እማንቱ፡ 'emūn-tū,
emān-tū; compare also for the dissyllabic form, the suffix —
ōmū [feminine
—ōn]; perhaps also Assyrian suffix
šunu,
šina[
ni], compare references below
הוּא). In usage not different in Genl. from
הוּא,
הִיא (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus: —
6. a. In a neuter sense (rare),
Job 6:7 הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחמִי they (i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat,
Jeremiah 7:4 הֵיכַל י׳ הֵמָּה 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,
1 Chronicles 21:10 מֵהֵנָּה (||
2 Samuel 24:12 מֵהֶם);
2 Samuel 12:8;
Job 23:14 כָּהֵנָּה things
such as these.
8. With prepositions (in lieu of the normal, and more usual, forms with suffixes בָּהֶם, לָהֶם, מֵהֶם etc. [כָּהֶם & כָּהֶן, however, each once only, כְּמוֺהֶם thrice: see כְּ]) —
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