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2 Samuel 20:8
“When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1992 · Hebrew
- Definition
- they (only used when emphatic)
- Derivation
- or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from H1981 (הֲלַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- 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.
- Grammar
- הֵ֗ם — personal pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 566 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:7Genesis 6:4Genesis 6:4Genesis 7:14Genesis 14:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הֵם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.