כֶם khem

Hebrew word for “you” · Strong’s H9036 · used 591 times in 520 verses

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Meaning

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine plural

How it is translated

Glosses given for khem in context, with how often each is used:

• you 461
• yourselves 79
• among 23
• over 7
• like 7
• will belong to 4
• against 4
• more than 4
• any 2

Where it is used

Also in 18 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 11 (19), Leviticus 26 (11), Exodus 12 (9), Leviticus 23 (9), Numbers 34 (9), Deuteronomy 1 (9), Joshua 23 (9), Leviticus 25 (8), Jeremiah 29 (8), Deuteronomy 11 (7)

Forms

• לכם 470
• בכם 68
• מכם 37
• ככם 8
• ולכם 7
• לכון 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with khem more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 64
• אֲנִי ani “I” 49
• זֶה zeh “this” 52
• זֹאת zot “this” 39
• הֶם hem “them” 42
• מָה mah “what?” 36
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 39
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 42
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 37
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 38
• אִם im “if” 35
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 32

Key verses

The verses using khem that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land…
• Joshua 2:9 — And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint…
• Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side…
• 2 Chronicles 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he…
• Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the…
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
• Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…
• Malachi 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.