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 t., namely [Num 9:7] (P), [Jer 14:15]; [Zech 14:15], and in the phrase בַּ(הַ)מִָים הָהֵמָּה [2Kgs 18:4]; [Jer 3:16]; [Jer 3:18]; [Jer 5:18]; [Jer 50:4]; [Joel 3:2]; [Joel 4:1]; [Zech 8:23]; [Neh 13:15], though בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם is much more common) pronoun 3 plural masculine (הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine [Zech 5:10]; [Ruth 1:22]; [Song 6:8]), feminine הֵ֫נָּה [Late Hebrew also הֵן, which occurs however in Biblical Hebrew only after a prefix: see below 8], pronoun 3 plural they (Biblical Aramaic הִמּוֺ, q. v.; , ; Ethiopic (one form) 'em¥n-t¥, em¹n-t¥; compare also for the dissyllabic form, the suffix -œm¥ [feminine -œn]; 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. [Gen 6:4]; [Exod 5:7] הֵם יֵָֽלְכוּ let them (emphatic) go and gather straw, [Num 31:16]; [Isa 24:14]; [Hos 4:14]; [Hos 7:3] etc.; after כִּי [Jer 5:5]; [Jer 34:7]. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr§ 160, 169.)
\ \ b. [Judg 1:22] ויעלו ֗֗֗ גַם הֵם, [Deut 2:11] (אַף הֵם), [Deut 3:20]; [Josh 9:4]; [Ezek 30:17].
\ \ c. [Exod 18:22] every small matter יִשְׁפְּטוּהֵֿם let them judge themselves, v[Exod 18:26]; [Jer 15:19]; [Jer 17:18]; [Ps 109:28]; [Esth 9:1].
\ \ d. [Gen 33:6]; [Gen 44:3]; [Judg 6:5] etc.
\ \ e. compare [Neh 10:38].
2. a. (Resuming the subject with emphasis) [Gen 14:24] (note accents), [Deut 1:39]; [Ps 23:4]; [Ps 27:2] (accents), [Ps 37:9]; [Ps 107:24]; [Ezek 36:7]; [Ezek 44:15].
\ \ b. [Isa 30:7]; [Ezek 27:13]; [Ezek 27:17]; [Ezek 27:21] compare [Isa 44:11].
\ \ c. [Num 14:27] a [Jer 27:9]; [Ezek 43:19] אֲשֶׁר הֵם מִזֶּרַע צָדוֺק, [Eccl 4:2]; [Neh 2:13].
3. a. [Gen 3:7]; [Exod 5:8] כִּי נִרְפִּים הֵם for they are idle, [Exod 14:3]; [Exod 15:23]; [Exod 29:33] etc. (the opposite order rare: [Num 11:16]; [Isa 61:9], compare DePs 94:11).
\ \ b. [Gen 34:21]; [Gen 34:23]; [Gen 41:26]; [Gen 48:5] שׁני בניך ֗֗֗ לִי הֵם thy two sons . . ., they are mine, [Exod 32:16] + often: [Isa 41:22] הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת מָה הֵנָּה, [Isa 49:21] אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם these — where were they? [Zeph 2:12] after אַתֶּם, peculiarly (compare Dr§ 198 Obs. 2).
\ \ c. [Deut 20:15] אֲשֶׁר לֹאמֵֿעָרֵי הַגֹּויִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה, [Judg 19:12]; [1Kgs 9:20].
\ \ d. [2Kgs 7:10] כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה. ([Prov 19:7] Kt לֹאהֵֿמָּה is probably corrupt: see Commentaries)
4. a. [Prov 30:24] אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּיאָֿ֑רֶץ four things are they, the little ones of the earth, v[Prov 30:29] (compare before a rel. clause v[Prov 30:15] v[Prov 30:18]; [Prov 6:16]) [Song 6:8]; [Isa 51:19] שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ, [1Chr 9:26] (see הוא 4 a).
\ \ b. (β) [Gen 21:29] מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע ֗֗֗ literally What are they — these seven sheep? [Zech 1:9]; [Zech 4:5]. (γ) אֵלֶּה ֗֗֗ הֵם [Gen 25:16] (= [1Chr 1:36]) [Lev 23:2]; [Num 3:20]; [Num 3:21]; [Num 3:27]; [Num 3:33]; [1Sam 4:8]; [1Chr 8:6]; [1Chr 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, [Jer 7:4] ׳הֵיכַל י הֵמָּה they (i.e. these buildings) are the temple of ׳י; and in the feminine, [Lev 5:22] of all that a man doeth to sin בָּהֵנָּה therein, [1Chr 21:10] מֵהֵנָּה (|| [2Sam 24:12] מֵהֶם); [2Sam 12:8]; [Job 23:14] כָּהֵנָּה things such as these.
7. With art. הָהֵם, [Gen 6:4]; [Exod 2:11]; [Num 14:38] + often; הָהֵמָּה 12 t. (see above); הָהֵנָּה [1Sam 17:28].
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8. With preps. (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.בָּהֵמָּה [Exod 30:4]; [Exod 36:1] (both P), [Hab 1:16] כָּהֵמָּה [Jer 36:32] לְהֵמָּה [Jer 14:16] מֵהֵמָּה [Jer 10:2]; [Eccl 12:12].
\ \ b. כָּהֵם [2Sam 24:3] Yahweh add to the people כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם מֵאָה פְעָמִים the like of themselves and the like of themselves 100 times, = [1Chr 21:3] (but כָּהֵם here only once, compare [Deut 1:11] בָּכֶם), [2Chr 9:11]; [Eccl 9:12].
\ \ c. בָּהֵנָּה [Lev 5:22] (P) [Num 13:19] (JE) [Jer 5:17]: כָּהֵנָּה [Gen 41:19]; [2Sam 12:8] וְאֹסִפָה לְךָ כָּהֵנָּה וְכָהֵנָּה, [Job 23:14]: לָהֵנָּה [Ezek 1:5]; [Ezek 1:23] (twice in verse); [Ezek 42:9]; [Zech 5:9]: מֵהֵנָּה [Lev 4:2] (P) [Isa 34:16]; [Jer 5:6]; [Ezek 16:51]; [Ezek 42:5]; [Ps 34:21]; [1Chr 21:10] (|| [2Sam 24:12] מֵהֶם).
\ \ d. בָּהֵן [Gen 19:29] (P) [Gen 30:26]; [Gen 30:37]; [Exod 25:29]; [Exod 37:16] (both P) [Lev 10:1]; [Lev 11:21]; [Lev 14:40]; [Num 10:3]; [Num 16:7] (all P) [Deut 28:52]; [Jer 4:29]; [Jer 48:9]; [Jer 51:43] (twice in verse) (בָּהֶן thrice only); כָּהֵן [Ezek 18:14] (editions; Baer כָּהֶן); לָהֵן ( = therefore) [Ruth 1:13] (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic); מֵהֵן [Ezek 16:47]; [Ezek 16:52] (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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