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title: הִמּוֹ — they · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: הִמּוֹ (lemma:הִמּוֹ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 9 times: they. BDB 1906: pron. pl. they, them which use. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הִמּוֹ

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«הִמּוֹ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **they** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:הִמּוֹ · **BDB:** הִמּוֹ

### Glosses

them (8); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הִמּוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b4_5de_5bc_5d5_5b9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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 —

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