1 Chronicles 8:13:31 Chr.8.13.W3TAB
הֵ֚מָּה
hema
“they”
- Transliteration
- HE-ma
- Extended
- HEE-mah
- IPA
- /ˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
HE-ma
- clause
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma HE-ma ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yo-she-VE ai-ya-LON
- sentence
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma HE-ma ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yo-she-VE ai-ya-LON he-MA hiv-ri-KHU et-yo-she-VE GAT
Exegesis
The independent pronoun hemah {הֵמָּה | hēmāh} “they” follows, functioning appositionally to re-identify the subject and add emphasis, and it is repeated again before the second clause to restart the predication.
The second clause is a simple verbal clause: hemah {הֵמָּה | hēmāh} + hibrihu {הִבְרִיחוּ | hibrîḥû} “they caused to flee,” using the Hiphil stem to foreground causation/force.
In context — 1 Chronicles 8:13
And Beriah and Shema—they were heads of the fathers among the inhabitants of Aijalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 8:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 8:13, so the Hebrew word הֵ֚מָּה (hema) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.8.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.8.13.W3.S1) and character.