הֵ֣מָּה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הֵ֣מָּה

   HE-ma

   they
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הֵ֣מָּה נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם

   HE-ma ne-she-HEM

   they their wives
3. clause🔊 וְהָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה נִבְּאִ֣ים לָהֶ֡ם יִֽהְי֣וּ מֻשְׁלָכִים֩ בְּחֻצ֨וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם מִפְּנֵ֣י הָרָעָ֣ב וְהַחֶ֗רֶב וְאֵ֤ין מְקַבֵּר֙ לָהֵ֔מָּה הֵ֣מָּה נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם

   ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM

   and the people who they are prophesying to them will be thrown in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword and there is not one burying for them they their wives and their sons and their daughters
4. sentence🔊 וְהָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣מָּה נִבְּאִ֣ים לָהֶ֡ם יִֽהְי֣וּ מֻשְׁלָכִים֩ בְּחֻצ֨וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם מִפְּנֵ֣י הָרָעָ֣ב וְהַחֶ֗רֶב וְאֵ֤ין מְקַבֵּר֙ לָהֵ֔מָּה הֵ֣מָּה נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְנֹֽתֵיהֶ֑ם וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֥י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אֶת־רָעָתָֽם׃

   ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM ve-sha-fakh-TI a-le-HEM et-ra-a-TAM

   and the people who they are prophesying to them will be thrown in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword and there is not one burying for them they their wives and their sons and their daughters and I will pour out upon them their evil

Exegesis

The verse begins with vehaam {וְהָעָם | wə-hā-ʿām} ‘and the people,’ which is defined by the relative clause asher hemmah nibbeim lahem {אֲשֶׁר־הֵמָּה נִבְּאִים לָהֶם | ʾă-šer-hēm-māh nib-be-ʾîm lā-hem} ‘to whom they are prophesying,’ marking them as passive recipients of the message.

The negative existential ve-ein meqabber lahemmah {וְאֵין מְקַבֵּר לָהֵמָּה | wə-ʾên mə-qa-bber lā-hēm-māh} ‘and there is no one to bury them’ underscores total abandonment.