הֵם
hêm · haym
they (only used when emphatic)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from H1981 (הֲלַךְ);
they (only used when emphatic)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
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.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הֵם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
552 occurrences · 552 OT · 0 NT · 89 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- these3 · 10%
- let them2 · 7%
- who2 · 7%
- and they1 · 3%
- children to them, the same1 · 3%
- they1 · 3%
- and it came to pass in process1 · 3%
- matter1 · 3%
- it withal1 · 3%
- in whom1 · 3%
- and whatsoever1 · 3%
- in1 · 3%
- these are1 · 3%
- and those1 · 3%
- were1 · 3%
- which were of the men1 · 3%
- this is1 · 3%
- which1 · 3%
- and among these1 · 3%
- how many soever1 · 3%
- whom1 · 3%
- as they1 · 3%
- and there were none such1 · 3%
- with them1 · 3%
- that1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.