הֵ֫מָּה
hem.mah
“they(masc.)”
Definition
they (only used when emphatic)
or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from H1981 (הֲלַךְ);
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Grammar & Morphology
DemP
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H:DemP
Occurrences
הֵ֫מָּה appears 477 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
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Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.
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