Exodus 14:3:6Exod.14.3.W6TAB
הֵ֖ם
hem
“they”
- Transliteration
- HEM
- Extended
- HEHM
- IPA
- /ˈheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- they
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ne-vu-KHIM HEM
- clause
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets
- sentence
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The participle nevukhim {נְבֻכִ֥ים | nĕḇukkāyim} predicates their condition, reinforced by the pronoun hem {הֵ֖ם | hēm}.
Root and etymology
Roothe-mem-mem
“to panic, cause confusion”
In context — Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say to the Israelites, “They are confused in the land, and the wilderness has shut them in.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 14:3, so the Hebrew word הֵ֖ם (hem) 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 Exod.14.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.3.W6.S1) and character.