Emily Dickinson Lexicon

them ('em), pron. [ME < ON þeim, 'to those; to them'; see also their, theirs, themself, themselves, and they.]

1. [Reflexive] together; between each other; among themselves.
2. [Third person plural objective pronoun] those people; these mortals; such individuals.
3. [Exophoric reference; in 85/87 “them” refers to people not mentioned in the text] a specific group of people from a certain place, time, or context relevant to the poem (see John 15:16).
4. [Contraction] the hunters; those humans.