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Lexicon :: Strong's H1993 - hāmâ

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הָמָֽה
Transliteration
hāmâ
Pronunciation
haw-maw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare הוּם (H1949)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 505

Strong’s Definitions

הָמָה hâmâh, haw-maw'; a primitive root (compare H1949); to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor:—clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H1993 in the following manner: roar (8x), noise (6x), disquieted (4x), sound (3x), troubled (2x), aloud (1x), loud (1x), clamorous (1x), concourse (1x), mourning (1x), moved (1x), raged (1x), raging (1x), tumult (1x), tumultuous (1x), uproar (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H1993 in the following manner: roar (8x), noise (6x), disquieted (4x), sound (3x), troubled (2x), aloud (1x), loud (1x), clamorous (1x), concourse (1x), mourning (1x), moved (1x), raged (1x), raging (1x), tumult (1x), tumultuous (1x), uproar (1x).

  1. to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar

    1. (Qal)

      1. to growl

      2. to murmur (fig. of a soul in prayer)

      3. to roar

      4. to be in a stir, be in a commotion

      5. to be boisterous, be turbulent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָמָה hâmâh, haw-maw'; a primitive root (compare H1949); to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor:—clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
STRONGS H1993: Abbreviations
† [הָמָה] verb murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous) Targum הֲמָא, but rare, and perhaps not Genuine Aramaic; compare Arabic هَمْهَمَ murmur); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural הָמוּ Psalm 46:7 + 2 times; וְהָמוּ consecutive Jeremiah 5:22 + 2 times; Imperfect יֶהֱמֶה Jeremiah 6:23 + 3 times; 2nd person feminine singular תֶּהֱמִי Psalm 42:12; Psalm 43:5; וַתֶּהֱמִי Psalm 42:6; אֶהֱמֶה Psalm 55:18; אֶהֱמָ֑יָה Psalm 77:4; יֶהֱמוּ Psalm 46:4 + 3 times; וַיֶּהֱמוּ Isaiah 51:15; Jeremiah 31:35; יֶהֱמָיוּ֑ן Psalm 39:7 + 2 times;1st person plural נֶהֱמֶה Isaiah 59:11; Infinitive הֲמוֺת Isaiah 17:12; Participle הֹמֶה Proverbs 20:1; Jeremiah 4:19; feminine הוֺמָה 1 Kings 1:41, הֹמִיָּה Proverbs 7:11; Proverbs 9:13, הוֺמִיָּה Isaiah 22:2; feminine plural הֹמִיּוֺת Proverbs 1:21, הֹמוֺת Ezekiel 7:16 (Co הַמָּוֶת compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version); —
1. growl like a dog כַּכָּ֑לֶב Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15, subject wicked men; groan (in distress, lamentation), like bears כַּדֹּבִים Isaiah 59:11 (|| כיונה הגה); of doves (also in simile) Ezekiel 7:16 compare Da (si vera lectio, see above).
2. murmur, figurative of soul (נֶפֶשׁ) in discouragement Psalm 42:6; Psalm 42:12; Psalm 43:5; in prayer Psalm 55:18; Psalm 77:4 (both || אָשִׂיחָה); also subject מֵעִים of the thrill of deep-felt compassion or sympathy, followed by לְ of person pitied, Jeremiah 31:20 (|| רחם ארחמנו), followed by עַל Songs 5:4; further כַּכִּנּוֺר like the lyre (zither) Isaiah 16:11; כַּחֲלִילִים like flutes, subject לֵב Jeremiah 48:36 (followed by לְ); Jeremiah 48:36 (followed by אֶל); compare Jeremiah 4:19 לִי לִבִּי הֹמֶהֿ.
3. roar, of waves, subject גַּלִּים Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 31:35; Isaiah 51:15 compare Psalm 46:4; simile of roar of multitudes Isaiah 17:12; Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 50:42; metaphor id., Jeremiah 51:55; be tumultuous, of peoples Psalm 46:7 (|| מָטוּ); Psalm 83:3 (|| ראֹשׁ נָֽשְׂאוּ).
4. be in commotion, stir, of city 1 Kings 1:41; Isaiah 22:2; so participle feminine plural as substantive הֹמִיּוֺת ראֹשׁ Proverbs 1:21 head of stirring, bustling streets (|| פתחי שׁערים); of man, אַךְהֶֿבֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּן Psalm 39:7 surely to no purpose they bustle about (|| יִתְהָלֶּךְאִֿישׁ אַךְבְּֿצֶלֶם)
5. be boisterous, turbulent, as with wine Zechariah 9:5 (but read perhaps דָּמָם compare FiHexapl. ii. 3, 1024 KloThLZ, 1879, 564 StaZAW 1881, 18); also participle as adjective, of שֵׁכָר (by metonomy) Proverbs 20:1; of shameless woman Proverbs 7:11; Proverbs 9:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

1:41; 1:41

Psalms

39:7; 39:7; 42:6; 42:6; 43:5; 43:5; 46:4; 46:4; 46:7; 46:7; 55:18; 55:18; 59:7; 59:15; 77:4; 77:4; 83:3

Proverbs

1:21; 1:21; 7:11; 7:11; 9:13; 9:13; 20:1; 20:1

Song of Songs

5:4

Isaiah

16:11; 17:12; 17:12; 22:2; 22:2; 51:15; 51:15; 59:11; 59:11

Jeremiah

4:19; 4:19; 5:22; 5:22; 6:23; 6:23; 31:20; 31:35; 31:35; 48:36; 48:36; 50:42; 51:55

Ezekiel

7:16; 7:16

Zechariah

9:5

H1993

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Strong's Number H1993 matches the Hebrew הָמָֽה (hāmâ),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - And Adonias and all his guests heard, and they had just left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What means the voice of the city in tumult?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - (LXX 38:7) Surely man walks in a [fn]shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5 - (LXX 41:6) Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the salvation of my countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11 - (LXX 41:12) Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5 - (LXX 42:5) Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:3 - (LXX 45:4) Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - (LXX 45:7) The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17 - (LXX 54:18) Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:6 - (LXX 58:7) They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:14 - (LXX 58:15) They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:3 - (LXX 76:4) I remembered God, and rejoiced; I poured out my complaint, and my soul fainted. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:2 - (LXX 82:3) For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:21 - And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:11 - And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:13 - A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:1 - Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:4 - My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, and my belly was moved for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and [fn]thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall ye be confounded; and the [fn]force of many nations shall sound like water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:15 - for I am thy God, that troubles the sea, and causes the waves thereof to roar: the Lord of hosts is my name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - will ye not be afraid of me? saith the Lord; and will ye not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, as a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yea, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They shall lay hold on bow and spear; the people is fierce, and will have no mercy; their voice is as the roaring sea; they shall array themselves for war against thee as fire on horses and chariots, O daughter of Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - (LXX 38:20) Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste to help him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:35 - (LXX 38:36) Thus saith the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and makes a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 - (LXX 31:36) Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what every man has gained has perished from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - (LXX 27:42) the people is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:55 - (LXX 28:55) for the Lord has utterly destroyed Babylon, and cut off from her the great voice sounding as many waters: he has consigned her voice to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - But they that escape of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will slay all the rest, every one for his iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:15 - The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill [fn]the bowls as the altar.
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