הֵמָּה (alone) is somewhat more freq. than הֵם , הָהֵם on the contrary is said regularly, הָהֵמָּה occurring only 12 times, viz. Nu 9:7 ( P ), Je 14:15 Zc 14:1 5, and in the phr. בַּ(הַ)יָּמִים הָהֵמָּה 2 K 18:4 Je 3:1 6, 18 ; 5:18 ; 50:4 Jo 3: 2; 4:1 Zc 8:23 Ne 13:1 5, though בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם is much more common) pron. 3 pl. masc. ( הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the fem. Zc 5:10 Ru 1:22 Ct 6: 8), fem. הֵ˜נָּה [ NH also הֵן , which occurs however in Bibl. Heb. only after a prefix: v. infr. 8 ], pr. 3 pl. they ( Biblical Aramaic הִמֹּו , q.v. ; ﻩُنَّ , ﻩُمْ ( hunna, hum ); Ethiopic (one form) ˜˜˜˜, ˜˜˜˜ ( ˒əmuntu, ˒əmāntu ) ˒emūn-tū, ˒emān-tū ; cf. also for the dissyl. form, the sf. –ōmū [ fem. –ōn ]; perhaps also Assyrian suff. šunu, šina[ni] , cf. reff. sub הוּא ) . In usage not different in genl. from הוּא , הִיא (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus:—
1.
a.
Gn 6:4 Ex 5:7
הֵם יֵֽלְכוּ
let
them
(emph.) go and gatherstraw,
Nu 31:16 Is 24:14 Ho 4:1
4;
7:3
etc.; after
בִּי
Je 5:5 34:
7. (For the use in circumst. clauses
v. Dr
§ 160, 169
.)
b.
Ju 1:22
גַם הֵם
…
ויעלו
,
Dt 2:11
(
אַף הֵם
),
3:20 Jos 9:4 Ez 30:1
7.
c.
Ex 18:22
every small matter
יִשְׁפְּטוּ־הֵם
let them judge
themselves
,
v
26 Je 15:19
;
17:18
ψ 109:28
;
Est 9:1
.
d.
Gn 33:
6;
44:3 Jud 6:5
etc.
e.
cf.
Ne 10:3
8.
2.
a.
(Resuming the subj. with emph.)
Gn 14:24
(note accents),
Dt 1:39
ψ 23:4
;
27:2
(accents),
37:9
;
107:24 Ez 36:
7;
44:15
.
b.
Is 30:7 Ez 27:1
3,
17
,
21
;
cf.
Is 44:1
1.
c.
Nu 14:27a Je 27:9 Ez 43:19
מִוֶּרַע צָדֹוק אֲשֶׁר הֵם
,
Ec 4:2 Ne 2:1
3.—
הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי
Jb 6:7 read perhaps
וַהֲמָה וגו׳
(or
זָֽהֲמָה
) it is
loathesome
(
√
זהם
).
3. a. Gn 3:7 Ex 5:8 כִּי נִרְפִּים הֵם for they are idle, 14:3 ; 15:23 ; 29:33 etc. (the opp. order rare: Nu 11:16 Is 61: 9, cf. De ψ 94:11 ). b. Gn 34:2 1, 23 ; 41:26 ; 48:5 לִי הֵם … שׁני בניך thy two sons …, they are mine, Ex 32:16 + often: Is. 41:22 הָרִאשֹׁנֹות מָה הֵנָּה , 49:21 אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם these—where were they? Zp 2:12 after אַתֶּם , peculiarly ( cf. Dr § 198 Obs. 2). c. Dt 20:15 אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מֵעָרֵי הַגֹּויִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה , Ju 19:12 1 K 9:2 0. d. 2 K 7:10 כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה . ( Pr 19:7 Kt לֹא־הֵמָּה is prob. corrupt: v. Comm .)
4.
a.
Pr 30:24
אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּי־אָ˜רֶץ
four things are
they
, the little ones of the earth,
v
29
(
cf.
before a rel. clause
v
1
5,
18
;
6:16 Ct 6:8 Is 51:19
שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ
,
1 Ch 9:26
(
v.
הוא
4 a
).
b.
(
β
)
Gn 21:29
…
מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע
lit.
What are they—these seven sheep?
Zc 1:9
;
4:5
. (
γ
)
…
הֵם אֵלֶּה
•Gn 25:16
(
=
1 Ch 1:3
6)
Lv 23:2 Nu 3:2
0,
21
,
27
,
33 1 S 4:8 1 Ch 8:
6;
12:15
(
v. Dr
§ 201, 3).
6.
a.
In a neuter sense (rare),
Jb 6:7
כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי הֵמָּה
they
(i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat,
Je 7:4
הֵמָּה הֵיכַל י׳
they
(i.e. these buildings) are the temple of
י׳
; and in the
fem.
,
Lv 5:22
of all that a man