Psalm 20:8:1Ps.20.8.W1TABWLC Psalms 20:9
הֵ֭מָּה
hema
“they”
- Transliteration
- HE-MA
- Extended
- HEE-MAA
- IPA
- /ˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
HE-MA
- phraseyour reading level
HE-MA KHA-re-U ve-na-FE-lu va-a-NAKH-nu KAM-nu
- sentence
HE-MA KHA-re-U ve-na-FE-lu va-a-NAKH-nu KAM-nu va-nit-o-DA-d
Exegesis
The verse employs a chiastic parallelism centered on the pronouns hemah {הֵמָּה | hêmmāh} ‘they’ and va-anachnu {וַאֲנַחְנוּ | waʾănāḥnû} ‘but we’, each governing a pair of verbs.
In context — Psalm 20:8
They sink down and fall, but we rise and stand upright .
About this coordinate
Psalm 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 20:8, so the Hebrew word הֵ֭מָּה (hema) 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 Ps.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.20.8.W1.S1) and character.