Exodus 14:3:6Exod.14.3.W6TAB

הֵ֖ם

hem

they

Transliteration
HEM
Extended
HEHM
IPA
/ˈheːm/

Meaning by language

English
they

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ne-vu-KHIM HEM

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.