Judges 20:32:5Judg.20.32.W5TAB
הֵ֛ם
hem
“they”
- Transliteration
- HEM
- Extended
- HEEM
- 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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Word in context
- word
HEM
- phraseyour reading level
nig-ga-FIM HEM
- clause
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA u-ve-NE yis-ra-EL a-me-RU na-NU-sa u-ne-tak-ke-NU-hu min-ha-IR el-ha-me-sil-LOT
Exegesis
First, bənê benyāmîn {בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן | bənê benyāmîn} functions as the subject, followed by the Nifal participle phrase nīnāp̄îm hēm {נִגָּפִים הֵם | nīnāp̄îm hēm}, which emphasizes the state of being struck down with the independent pronoun for force.
In context — Judges 20:32
And the sons of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us as at the first." And the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them out from the city to the roads ."
About this coordinate
Judges 20:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:32, so the Hebrew word הֵ֛ם (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 Judg.20.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.32.W5.S1) and character.