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אַתֶּם H0859d
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You (second person masculine plural independent pronoun)
The independent second person masculine plural pronoun in Hebrew, used to address groups directly. With 283 occurrences, it appears throughout the Hebrew Bible wherever a speaker emphatically addresses a male or mixed audience. Joseph confronts his brothers with it (Gen 42:9, 16), and it recurs prominently in legal and prophetic discourse. The pronoun sometimes appears after a verb for emphasis (Judg 15:12) and is even construed with feminine referents in Ezekiel 13:20, reflecting late biblical flexibility. Translations uniformly render it with the local second person plural form.
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Senses
1. you (2nd person masculine plural pronoun) — The standalone second person masculine plural pronoun, employed for direct emphatic address to a group. Appears in narrative confrontation (Gen 42:9, 14), legal stipulation, and prophetic oracle. Occasionally placed after the verb for rhetorical emphasis (Judg 15:12). Languages with T-V distinction (French vous, German ihr) uniformly select the plural form, confirming its exclusively plural reference. 283×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Discourse Referentials › Second Person Plural
AR["أَنْتُمْ"]·ben["তোমরা"]·DE["du", "ihr", "ihr-seid", "seid-ihr"]·EN["you", "you-are"]·FR["tu", "tu-sont"]·heb["אתם"]·HI["तुम", "तुमने", "हो-तुम"]·ID["Kamu", "kamu"]·IT["tu", "tu-sono"]·jav["Panjenengan-sedaya", "panjenengan", "panjenengan-sedaya", "sampéyan-sami"]·KO["너희가", "너희는", "너희도"]·PT["Vós", "vós"]·RU["Вы", "вы"]·ES["vosotros"]·SW["kuwa-chini", "na-akaona", "ninyi", "nyinyi", "wewe"]·TR["Siz", "siz", "sizseniz", "sizsiniz"]·urd["تم", "تم-نے", "ہو-تم"]
Gen 29:4, Gen 42:9, Gen 42:14, Gen 42:16, Gen 42:19, Gen 42:33, Gen 42:34, Gen 42:34, Gen 44:27, Gen 45:8, Exod 5:11, Exod 5:17  (+38 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אַתֶּם pron. 2 m.pl. you (masc.) (for antem, v. supr.) Gn 9:7; 26:27; 29:4 + often. With הֲ, הָאַתֶּם †Ju 6:31; following the vb. for emph. Ju 15:12; Je 34:15; construed inaccurately with a fem. Ez 13:20.