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Lexicon :: Strong's H1992 - hēm

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הֵם
Transliteration
hēm
Pronunciation
haym
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Part of Speech
third person plural masculine personal pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 504

Strong’s Definitions

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


KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H1992 in the following manner: they, them, themselves, these, those, as many more as, ye, same.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H1992 in the following manner: they, them, themselves, these, those, as many more as, ye, same.
  1. they, these, the same, who

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵם hêm, haym; or (prolonged) הֵמָּה hêmmâh; masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic):—it, like, × (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, × so, × such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
STRONGS H1992: Abbreviations
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: —
1. a. Genesis 6:4; Exodus 5:7 הֵם יֵָֽלְכוּ let them (emphatic) go and gather straw, Numbers 31:16; Isaiah 24:14; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 7:3 etc.; after כִּי Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:7. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr§ 160, 169.)
b. Judges 1:22 ויעלו ֗֗֗ גַם הֵם, Deuteronomy 2:11 (אַף הֵם), Deuteronomy 3:20; Joshua 9:4; Ezekiel 30:17.
c. Exodus 18:22 every small matter יִשְׁפְּטוּ־הֵם let them judge themselves, Exodus 18:26; Jeremiah 15:19; Jeremiah 17:18; Psalm 109:28; Esther 9:1.
e. compare Nehemiah 10:38.
2. a. (Resuming the subject with emphasis) Genesis 14:24 (note accents), Deuteronomy 1:39; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 27:2 (accents), Psalm 37:9; Psalm 107:24; Ezekiel 36:7; Ezekiel 44:15.
c. Numbers 14:27a; Jeremiah 27:9; Ezekiel 43:19 אֲשֶׁר הֵם מִזֶּרַע צָדוֺק, Ecclesiastes 4:2; Nehemiah 2:13. **הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי Job 6:7 read perhaps וַהֲמָה וגו׳ (or זָָֽהֲמָה) it is loathesome (√ זהס).
3. a. Genesis 3:7; Exodus 5:8 הֵם נִרְפִּים כִּי for they are idle, Exodus 14:3; Exodus 15:23; Exodus 29:33 etc. (the opposite order rare: Numbers 11:16; Isaiah 61:9, compare DePs 94:11).
b. Genesis 34:21, 23; Genesis 41:26; Genesis 48:5 שׁני בניך ֗֗֗ לִי הֵם thy two sons..., they are mine, Exodus 32:16 + often: Isaiah 41:22 הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת מָה הֵנָּה, Isaiah 49:21 אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם these — where were they? Zephaniah 2:12 after אַתֶּם, peculiarly (compare Dr§ 198 Obs. 2).
c. Deuteronomy 20:15 אֲשֶׁר לֹאמֵֿעָרֵי הַגֹּויִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה, Judges 19:12; 1 Kings 9:20.
d. 2 Kings 7:10 כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה. (Proverbs 19:7 Kt לֹאהֵֿמָּה is probably corrupt: see Commentaries)
4. a. Proverbs 30:24 אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּיאָֿ֑רֶץ four things are they, the little ones of the earth, Proverbs 30:29 (compare before a rel. clause Proverbs 30:15; Proverbs 30:18; Proverbs 6:16) Songs 6:8; Isaiah 51:19 שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ, 1 Chronicles 9:26 (see הוא 4a).
b. (β) Genesis 21:29 מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע ֗֗֗ literally What are they — these seven sheep? Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 4:5.
(γ) אֵלֶּה ֗֗֗ הֵםGenesis 25:16 (= 1 Chronicles 1:36) Leviticus 23:2; Numbers 3:20, 21, 27, 33; 1 Samuel 4:8; 1 Chronicles 8:6; 1 Chronicles 12:15 (see Dr § 201, 3).
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.
7. With article. הָהֵם, Genesis 6:4; Exodus 2:11; Numbers 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה + 12 times (see above); הָהֵנָּה1 Samuel 17:28. N.B. — Ezekiel 8:6 Kt מָהֵם stands for מָה הֵם (so Qr), compare מַזֶּה for מַהזֶּֿה Exodus 4:2; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם is irregular for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2 Samuel 4:6 וְהֵנָּה וג׳ is textual error for וְהִנֵּה שֹׁעֶרֶת הַבַּיִת סֹקְלָה חִטִּים וג׳ see We Dr (Greek Version of the LXX & RVm).
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]) —
a. בָּהֵמָּהExodus 30:4; Exodus 36:1 (both P), Habakkuk 1:16; כָּהֵמָּהJeremiah 36:32; לְהֵמָּהJeremiah 14:16 מֵהֵמָּהJeremiah 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12.
b. כָּהֵם2 Samuel 24:3 Yahweh add to the people כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם מֵאָה פְעָמִים the like of themselves and the like of themselves 100 times, = 1 Chronicles 21:3 (but כָּהֵם here only once, compare Deuteronomy 1:11 בָּכֶם), 2 Chronicles 9:11; Ecclesiastes 9:12.
c. בָּהֵנָּהLeviticus 5:22 [Leviticus 6:3] (P) Numbers 13:19 (JE) Jeremiah 5:17: כָּהֵנָּהGenesis 41:19; 2 Samuel 12:8 וְאֹסִפָה לְךָ כָּהֵנָּה וְכָהֵנָּה, Job 23:14: לָהֵנָּהEzekiel 1:5, 23 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 42:9; Zechariah 5:9: מֵהֵנָּהLeviticus 4:2 (P) Isaiah 34:16; Jeremiah 5:6; Ezekiel 16:51; Ezekiel 42:5; Psalm 34:21; 1 Chronicles 21:10 (|| 2 Samuel 24:12 מֵהֶם).
d. H2004 בָּהֵןGenesis 19:29 (P) Genesis 30:26, 37; Exodus 25:29; Exodus 37:16 (both P) Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 11:21; Leviticus 14:40; Numbers 10:3; Numbers 16:7 (all P) Deuteronomy 28:52; Jeremiah 4:29; Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 51:43 (twice in verse) (בָּהֶן thrice only); כָּהֵןEzekiel 18:14 (editions; Baer כָּהֶן); H3860 H3861 לָהֵן (=therefore) † Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic); מֵהֵןEzekiel 16:47, 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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:7; 6:4; 6:4; 14:24; 19:29; 21:29; 25:16; 30:26; 30:37; 33:6; 34:21; 34:23; 41:19; 41:26; 44:3; 48:5

Exodus

2:11; 4:2; 5:7; 5:8; 14:3; 15:23; 18:22; 18:26; 25:29; 29:33; 30:4; 32:16; 36:1; 37:16

Leviticus

4:2; 6:3; 10:1; 11:21; 14:40; 23:2

Numbers

3:20; 3:21; 3:27; 3:33; 9:7; 10:3; 11:16; 13:19; 14:27; 14:38; 16:7; 31:16

Deuteronomy

1:11; 1:39; 2:11; 3:20; 20:15; 28:52

Joshua

9:4

Judges

1:22; 6:5; 19:12

Ruth

1:13; 1:22

1 Samuel

4:8; 17:28

2 Samuel

4:6; 12:8; 12:8; 24:3; 24:12; 24:12

1 Kings

9:20

2 Kings

7:10; 9:18; 18:4

1 Chronicles

1:36; 8:6; 9:26; 12:15; 21:3; 21:10; 21:10

2 Chronicles

9:11

Nehemiah

2:13; 10:38; 13:15

Esther

9:1

Job

6:7; 6:7; 23:14; 23:14

Psalms

23:4; 27:2; 34:21; 37:9; 94:11; 107:24; 109:28

Proverbs

6:16; 19:7; 30:15; 30:18; 30:24; 30:29

Ecclesiastes

4:2; 9:12; 12:12

Song of Songs

6:8; 6:8

Isaiah

24:14; 30:7; 34:16; 41:22; 44:11; 49:21; 51:19; 61:9

Jeremiah

3:16; 3:18; 4:29; 5:5; 5:6; 5:17; 5:18; 7:4; 10:2; 14:15; 14:16; 15:19; 17:18; 27:9; 34:7; 36:32; 48:9; 50:4; 51:43

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:23; 8:6; 16:47; 16:51; 16:52; 18:14; 27:13; 27:17; 27:21; 30:17; 36:7; 42:5; 42:9; 43:19; 44:15

Hosea

4:14; 7:3

Joel

3:2

Habakkuk

1:16

Zephaniah

2:12

Zechariah

1:9; 4:5; 5:9; 5:10; 8:23; 14:15

H1992

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1992 matches the Hebrew הֵם (hēm),
which occurs 660 times in 609 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 13 (Eze 37:25–Zec 4:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:25 - “And they will live on the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons’ sons, forever; and My servant David will be their leader forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27 - “My dwelling place also will be among them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17 -

‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those H1992 days for many years that I would bring you against them?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:23 - “The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their wrongdoing, because they were disloyal to Me, and I hid My face from them; so I handed them over to their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:24 - “In accordance with their uncleanness and their offenses I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:28 - “Then they will know that I am the LORD their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then I gathered them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:29 - “I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - but the chamber which faces north is for the priests who [fn]are responsible for the altar. They are the sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to serve Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - And He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the [fn]corpses of their kings [fn]when they die,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:19 - ‘You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the descendants of Zadok, who come near to Me to serve Me,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘a [fn]bull as a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:11 - “Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house and ministering in the house; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 -

“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who [fn]took responsibility for My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to serve Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood,” declares the Lord GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - “They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to serve Me and [fn]assume the responsibility I give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - “And when they go out into the outer courtyard, into the outer courtyard to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments, so that they will not transfer holiness to the people with their garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - “In a dispute they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts, and sanctify My Sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:29 - “They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and everything banned from secular use in Israel shall be theirs H1992.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “And by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - As for every matter of expertise [fn]and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the soothsayer priests and conjurers who were in all his realm.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:9 -

And out of one of them came a rather small horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the [fn]Beautiful Land.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 -

In those H1992 days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three [fn]entire weeks.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 -

“Now in those H1992 times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also raise themselves up to fulfill the vision, but they will [fn]fall down.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:4 -

“Also, I will take no pity on her children,

Because they are children of infidelity.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 -

“And I will destroy her vines and fig trees,

Of which she said, ‘They are my wages for prostitution

Which my lovers have given me.’

And I will turn them into a forest,

And the animals of the field will devour them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:21 -

“And it will come about on that day that I will respond,” declares the LORD.

“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:22 -

And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine, and to the oil,

And they will respond to [fn]Jezreel.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 -

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love [fn]a woman who is loved by her [fn]husband, yet is committing adultery, as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love [fn]raisin cakes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 -

I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,

Or your [fn]brides when they commit adultery,

Because the men themselves H1992 slip away with the prostitutes

And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes;

So the people without understanding are ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:6 -

They will go with their flocks and herds

To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him;

He has withdrawn from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:7 -

But like [fn]Adam they have violated the covenant;

There they have dealt treacherously with Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 -

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me!

Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!

I would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:4 -

They have set up kings, but not by Me;

They have appointed officials, but I did not know it.

With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,

So that [fn]they will be eliminated.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9 -

For they have gone up to Assyria,

Like a wild donkey all alone;

Ephraim has paid fees for [fn]lovers.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 -

As for My sacrificial gifts,

They sacrifice the flesh and eat it,

But the LORD has taken no delight in them.

Now He will remember their guilt,

And punish them for their sins;

They will return to Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 -

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;

I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.

But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [fn]shame,

And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 -

Though they bring up their children,

Yet I will bereave them of their children [fn]until not a person is left.

Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 -

And now they sin more and more,

And make for themselves cast metal images,

Idols [fn]skillfully made from their silver,

All of them the work of craftsmen.

They say of them, “Let the [fn]people who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 -

“And even on the male and female servants

I will pour out My Spirit in those H1992 days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:1 -

[fn]For behold, in those H1992 days and at that time,

When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 -

“On the day that you stood aloof,

On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,

And foreigners entered his gate

And cast lots for Jerusalem

You too were as one of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:4 -

Then they will cry out to the LORD,

But He will not answer them.

Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time

Because they have practiced evil deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:12 -

“But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD,

And they do not understand His plan;

For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 -

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,

Yet they are fleeing;

“Stop, stop,”

But no one turns back.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 -

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net

And [fn]burn incense to their fishing net,

Because through these H1992 things H1992 their [fn]catch is [fn]large,

And their food is [fn]plentiful.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 -

“You also, Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 -

“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong

And tell no lies,

Nor will a deceitful tongue

Be found in their mouths;

For they will feed and lie down

With no one to frighten them.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:5 - “Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9 - Then I said, “What are these, my lord?” And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - “But I am very angry with the nations who are carefree; for while I was only a little angry, they [fn]furthered the disaster.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:8 - ‘Now listen, Joshua, you high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a sign: for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the [fn]Branch.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5 - So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

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