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Numbers 20:13
“This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
הֵםhêm · haym
H1992 · Hebrew
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
- הֵ֚מָּה — 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.