; objective case, them.

1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun referring to persons, or as a substitute referring to things.

They and their fathers have transgressed against me. Ezekiel 2:3.

They of Italy salute you. Hebrews 13:24.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matthew 5:6.

2. It is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on. They say, [on dit,] that is, it is said by persons, indefinitely.