הם
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See also: ה״מ and Appendix:Variations of "em"
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šum. Cognate with Arabic هُم (hum). The central sense is “they”; other senses are by extension.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /him(m)/
- (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA(key): /im.ma/[nt. 1], [ˈʔim.mæˑ]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈheːm/, [ˈheː.em]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhem/, [ˈheːm]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /hem/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hem/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hem/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /hejm/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(h)em/
Audio (Modern Israeli Hebrew): (file) - Rhymes: -em
Pronoun
[edit]הֵם • (hem) m pl
- they (the third-person masculine plural personal pronoun, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))
- those, yon (the masculine plural distant demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))
- are (a masculine plural present-tense copula, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))
Usage notes
[edit]- Like the other personal pronouns, הם is not used as a direct object, as the object of preposition, or as a possessive pronoun; rather, its sense is incorporated into the preceding word (which is usually a preposition, especially in Modern Hebrew), which then appears in its third-person-masculine-plural-personal-pronoun-including form. This applies to its demonstrative-pronoun sense as well, as these senses are not truly distinct.
- Like other masculine plural forms, הם is used both with masculine-only antecedents or referents and with mixed-gender antecedents or referents.
- Like other masculine plural forms with feminine counterparts in -ן (-n), הם is sometimes substituted for its feminine counterpart הן (in which case it takes feminine adjectives and verbs), but this is not usually considered correct.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Hebrew personal pronouns
singular | plural | |||
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1st person | אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)[PP 1] |
אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)[PP 2] | ||
2nd person | m | אַתָּה (atá) | אַתֶּם (atém) | |
f | אַתְּ (at) | אַתֶּן (atén) | ||
3rd person | m | הוּא (hu) | הֵם (hem)[PP 3] | |
f | הִיא (hi) | הֵן (hen)[PP 3] | ||
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Adjective
[edit]הֵם • (hem)
- those, yon (the masculine plural distant demonstrative adjective, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))
- Antonym: אֵלֶּה (éileh, “these”)
Usage notes
[edit]- This adjective is nearly always found in its definite form הָהֵם (hahém).
Derived terms
[edit]- בימים ההם (bayamím hahém, “formerly, in olden days”)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]הם • (him)
Further reading
[edit]הם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
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