Hebrew word · H9039

Op3f

bahen

them

Appears 54 times in 50 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person feminine plural

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 8
  1. Genesis 19:8 לָהֶ֔ן to <the> them

    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

  2. Genesis 19:29 בָּהֵ֖ן in <the> them

    So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

  3. Genesis 26:18 לָהֶן֙ לָהֶ֖ן <to> <the> them

    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

  4. Genesis 30:26 בָּהֵ֖ן for them

    Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

  5. Genesis 30:37 בָּהֵן֙ on <the> them

    Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

  6. Genesis 31:5 לָהֶ֗ן to <the> them

    and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.

  7. Genesis 41:19 כָהֵ֛נָּה like them

    After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

Exodus · 3
  1. Exodus 1:18 לָהֶ֔ן to <the> them

    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

  2. Exodus 25:29 בָּהֵ֑ן with <the> them

    You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

  3. Exodus 37:16 בָּהֵ֑ן with <the> them

    He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

Leviticus · 5
  1. Leviticus 4:2 מֵהֵֽנָּה׃ of them

    “Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:

    Here: "Of them" points back to the forbidden commandments. Here the sentence breaks off, and the specific cases (priest, congregation, leader, ordinary person) take over in v. 3.

  2. Leviticus 6:3 בָהֵֽנָּה׃ by them

    or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

  3. Leviticus 10:1 בָהֵן֙ in <the> them

    Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

    Here: 'In them' is plural, meaning the two pans. The next pronoun switches to singular 'on it', thinking of each pan on its own. This kind of shift is normal in Hebrew.

  4. Leviticus 11:21 בָּהֵ֖ן with <the> them

    However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

    Here: 'With them'. The feminine plural refers back to the legs: the legs are the means of leaping.

  5. Leviticus 14:40 בָּהֵ֖ן [is] in <the> them

    he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

Numbers · 4
  1. Numbers 10:3 בָּהֵ֑ן on <the> them

    When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

  2. Numbers 13:19 בָּהֵ֔נָּה in them

    Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

  3. Numbers 16:7 בָהֵ֣ן׀ in <the> them

    and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”

  4. Numbers 27:7 לָהֶֽן׃ to <the> them

    “The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.

Deuteronomy · 1
  1. Deuteronomy 28:52 בָּהֵ֖ן in <the> them

    They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

    Here: 'In them', meaning the walls (feminine plural, matching חוֹמֹת). The walls themselves are what Israel trusts.

Ruth · 1
  1. Ruth 1:9 לָהֶ֔ן <to> <the> them

    May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

    Here: "Them," the two daughters-in-law. In Hebrew this verb often takes its object with the small preposition "to," which has no English equivalent.

1 Samuel · 2
  1. 1 Samuel 9:11 לָהֶ֔ן to <the> them

    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

  2. 1 Samuel 31:7 בָּהֶֽן׃ ס in <the> them

    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.

2 Samuel · 2
  1. 2 Samuel 12:8 כָּהֵ֥נָּה וְכָהֵֽנָּה׃ like those, and like those

    I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 21:10 מֵהֵ֖נָּה from them

    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

2 Chronicles · 1
  1. 2 Chronicles 18:16 לָהֶ֖ן [belongs] to them

    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

    Here: 'Belonging to them'. It is feminine because it agrees with 'flock'. Numbers 27:17 has the same phrase with a masculine form.

Job · 2
  1. Job 23:14 וְכָהֵ֖נָּה and like them

    For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

  2. Job 30:24 לָהֶ֥ן to them

    Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Psalms · 1
  1. Psalm 34:20 מֵ֝הֵ֗נָּה from them

    He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

    Here: The preposition 'from' joined to the feminine plural 'them', referring to the bones: 'one of them'.

Isaiah · 3
  1. Isaiah 34:16 מֵהֵ֙נָּה֙ of them

    Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

    Here: "Of these" (feminine plural). It points back to the desert creatures just named (owls, kites, jackals and so on) who will take over Edom's land. It does not point to verses or prophecies.

  2. Isaiah 34:17 לָהֶן֙ for them

    He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

  3. Isaiah 38:16 בָּהֶן֙ in them

    O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

    Here: 'In them', with a feminine ending, which clashes with the masculine 'them' just before. Most likely it refers loosely to the same 'things', but the mismatch is one sign the line is textually difficult.

Jeremiah · 6
  1. Jeremiah 4:29 בָּהֵ֖ן in <the> them

    Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.

  2. Jeremiah 5:6 מֵהֵ֖נָּה from them

    Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

  3. Jeremiah 5:17 בָּהֵ֖נָּה in them

    They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

    Here: 'In them' (feminine plural, referring back to the cities). It resumes the object of 'trusting': the cities in which you trust.

  4. Jeremiah 48:9 בָּהֵֽן׃ in <the> them

    Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.

  5. Jeremiah 51:43 בָּהֵן֙ בָּהֵ֖ן in <the> them

    Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.

Ezekiel · 13
  1. Ezekiel 1:5 לָהֵֽנָּה׃ [belonged] to them

    and within it was the form of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: They had a human form,

  2. Ezekiel 1:23 לָהֵ֔נָּה לָהֵ֔נָּה <to> them

    And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.

  3. Ezekiel 16:47 מֵהֵ֖ן more than them

    And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.

  4. Ezekiel 16:51 מֵהֵ֔נָּה more than them

    Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.

  5. Ezekiel 16:52 מֵהֵ֖ן more than them

    So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

    Here: 'Beyond them.' The first half of a matched pair: she outdid them in sin, so they outdo her in being right.

  6. Ezekiel 18:14 כָּהֵֽן׃ like them

    Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:

  7. Ezekiel 23:36 לָהֶ֔ן to them

    Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

  8. Ezekiel 34:23 לָהֶ֖ן for them

    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

  9. Ezekiel 42:5 מֵהֵ֗נָה from them

    Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

  10. Ezekiel 42:6 לָהֶן֙ [belonged] to them

    For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

  11. Ezekiel 42:9 לָהֵ֔נָּה to them

    And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

  12. Ezekiel 42:14 בָהֶ֖ן in them

    Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”

Zechariah · 1
  1. Zechariah 5:9 וְלָהֵ֥נָּה and [belonged] to them

    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

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