TBESH · H9038
הֶם · hem · them
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural
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הֶם (hem) means “them” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: hem STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
הֶם · hem · them
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
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Page 33 of 55. 2702 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
Read word by wordIf I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
Read word by wordHaman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Read word by wordBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
Read word by wordIn every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
Read word by wordOn the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
Read word by wordAnd all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
Read word by wordThe Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
Read word by wordThe rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read word by wordto establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
Read word by wordas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Read word by wordSo the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Read word by wordFor Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Read word by wordTherefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Read word by wordthe Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
Read word by wordin order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Read word by wordJob’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
Read word by wordAnd when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Read word by wordthe Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordwith kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Read word by wordor with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Read word by wordhow much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Read word by wordAre not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Read word by worddarkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Read word by wordThe caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
Read word by wordWhen your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
Read word by wordHe moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
Read word by wordBut the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Read word by wordIf He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Read word by wordHe makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
Read word by wordHe deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Read word by wordThey grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Read word by wordIf his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
Read word by wordShould he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
Read word by wordto whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
Read word by wordhe will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
Read word by wordWhen he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
Read word by wordTheir descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Read word by wordTheir homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
Read word by wordHow often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
Read word by wordBut together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Read word by word“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
Read word by wordThey said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Read word by wordThe righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
Read word by wordReconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Read word by wordIn the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
Read word by wordFor to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Read word by wordThe dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
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