Numbers 16:33:2Num.16.33.W2TAB
הֵם
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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Word in context
- word
HEM
- sentence
va-yer-DU HEM ve-KOL-a-SHER la-HEM kha-YIM she-o-LAH va-te-KHAS a-lei-HEM ha-A-retz va-yo-ev-DU mi-TOHKH ha-ka-HAL
Exegesis
The clause vekol {וְכָל־ | wə-kāl} ‘and all’ with asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ and lahem {לָהֶ֛ם | lāhem} ‘for them’ forms an inclusive relative clause covering persons and possessions.
In context — Numbers 16:33
And they went down, they and all that belonged to them, alive into Sheol ; and the earth covered them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:33, so the Hebrew word הֵם (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 Num.16.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.33.W2.S1) and character.