Numbers 7:2:10Num.7.2.W10TAB
הֵ֥ם
hem
“they”
- Transliteration
- HEM
- Extended
- HEM
- IPA
- /heːm/
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
HEM ha-om-DIM
- clause
HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
- sentence
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
Exegesis
The resumptive pronoun hem {הֵ֚ם | hêmm} ‘they’ links successive appositions.
In context — Numbers 7:2
And they brought near the leaders of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers—these were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones standing over the counted .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 7:2, so the Hebrew word הֵ֥ם (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.7.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.2.W10.S1) and character.