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# הִמּוֹ

Biblical Aramaic

**they** — used 9 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

they [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b4_5de_5bc_5d5_5b9/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הִמּוֹ: pron. pl. they, them which use [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b4_5de_5bc_5d5_5b9/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (Ezr), הִמּוֹן3 (Dn), pron. 3 pl. they, them (= BH הֵם, הֵמָּה, q.v., but the more original forms. Egyptian Aramaic המו CIS 145 B 4 (Cooke 207), 149 A 1, S-CPap. C 7, 10 +; not 𝔗 Syriac, which use אִנּוּן, ܐܶܢܽܘܢ, ܗܶܢܽܘܢ, instead; Arabic هُمُ, هُمْ. The n in הִמּוֹן, as in דֵּין, אִלֵּין, by the side of זֶה, אֵלֶּה, أُولَآءِ; NöM 86 WCG 106);—they, them: as nom. Ezr 5:11 אֲנַחְנָא הִמּוֹ עַבְדוֹהִי we are his servants (constr. as in Syriac, Nö§ 312 D Mt 5:13, K§ 87. 3). as accus. (in Biblical Aramaic, as in Syriac, there being no verbal sf. of 3 pl.; so Egyptian Aramaic Cooke 76 B 4, S-CPap. E 5 +), Dn 2:34 והדקת הִמּוֹן and crushed them, v 35 3:22 Ezr 4:10, 23; 5:5, 12, 14(×2), 15; 7:17.—Comp. אִנּוּן.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: them (8); they (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 5:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/#tree)

וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said to him these the vessels take! go! deposit! them in the temple which \[is\].in Jerusalem and the.house of.(the) God let.it.be.built on place its

*JPS 1917:* and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

[Ezra 4:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.10/#tree)

וּשְׁאָ֣ר אֻמַּיָּ֗א דִּ֤י הַגְלִי֙ אָסְנַפַּר֙ רַבָּ֣א וְיַקִּירָ֔א וְהוֹתֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּקִרְיָ֖ה דִּ֣י שָׁמְרָ֑יִן וּשְׁאָ֥ר עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖ה וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of the.nations which he.took.into.exile Osnappar (the) great and (the) honorable and he.caused.to.dwell them in the.city (diy).of Samaria and the.rest of.the.region.beyond the river and now

*JPS 1917:* and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asenappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and the rest that are in the country beyond the River: — 'And now —

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b4_5de_5bc_5d5_5b9/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).