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הם¹

  • /him(m)/
  • /im.ma/
  • [ˈʔim.mæˑ]
  • /ham/ Babylonian
  • /ˈheːm/
  • [ˈheːem]
  • /ˈhem/
  • [ˈheːm]
  • /hem/ Persian
  • /hem/
  • /hejm/
  • /(h)em/ Modern Israeli

Rhymes with -em

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šum. Cognate with Arabic هُم (hum). The central sense is “they”; other senses are by extension.

pronoun הֵם · hem

  1. they (the third-person masculine plural personal pronoun, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))
  2. those, yon (the masculine plural distant demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))

    Similar: אֵלֶּה · Opposite: אֵלֶּה

  3. are (a masculine plural present-tense copula, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))

    Similar: הינם · Opposite: אינם

adjective הֵם · hem

  1. those, yon (the masculine plural distant demonstrative adjective, masculine plural of הוא (hu'))

    Opposite: אֵלֶּה

הם²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from English heme.

noun him

  1. heme

In English

  • be used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective
  • they third-person plural pronoun

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {הם},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}