Hema (המה) means they in Hebrew.
It is a pronoun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
הֵמָּה
hema
pronoun
In English
they
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Hema.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מליצהכִּנּוּי גּוּף שְׁלִישִׁי לְרַבִּים; נִסְתָּרִים.
הֵמָּה וְכָל הַחַיָּה לְמִינָהּ, וְכָל הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ, וְכָל הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל הָאָרֶץ
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Hema is a pronoun.
- Written with vowel points
- הֵמָּה
- Written without vowel points
- המה
- Said
- hema
- Inflections
- לרחוק; הָהֵמָּה
- Gematria
- 50
This is how Hema is said in other languages.
- English
- they
- Arabic
- هُمْ
- French
- ils
- Yiddish
- זיי
These words mean nearly the same as Hema.
- הם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Hema.
These words come before and after Hema in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Hema.
What does Hema (המה) mean in Hebrew?
Hema (המה) means they. It is said hema, with the stress on ma.
What is a synonym for Hema (המה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Hema (המה) are הם.
What rhymes with Hema (המה)?
Words that rhyme with Hema (המה) include אדמה, רקמה, מלחמה, בהמה, אומה, and רמה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry המה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.