Hâmâh — H1993

Definition

verb

to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

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

Usually translated as

make a noise, roar, be disquieted, sound, be troubled, clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, loud, be moved, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar, mourn, rage

Origin

a primitive root (compare H1949)

• Hûwm (H1949)

Greek equivalents

• boáō (G994)
• ēchéō (G2278)
• throéō (G2360)
• sparássō (G4682)
• stenázō (G4727)
• tarássō (G5015)

Occurrences

Hâmâh occurs 34 times in 32 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), Psalms (11), Proverbs (4), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (8), Ezekiel (1), Zechariah (1)

• 1 Kings 1:41 — And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar (הוֹמָֽה)?
• Psalms 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted (יֶהֱמָי֑וּן) in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
• Psalms 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted (וַתֶּהֱמִ֪י) in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
• Psalms 42:11 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted (תֶּהֱמִ֪י) within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
• Psalms 43:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted (תֶּהֱמִ֪י) within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
• Psalms 46:3 — Though the waters thereof roar (יֶהֱמ֣וּ) and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
• Psalms 46:6 — The heathen raged (הָמ֣וּ), the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Psalms 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud (וְאֶהֱמֶ֑ה): and he shall hear my voice.
• Psalms 59:6 — They return at evening: they make a noise (יֶהֱמ֥וּ) like a dog, and go round about the city.
• Psalms 59:14 — And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise (יֶהֱמ֥וּ) like a dog, and go round about the city.
• Psalms 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled (וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑ה): I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
• Psalms 83:2 — For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult (יֶהֱמָי֑וּן): and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
• Proverbs 1:21 — She crieth in the chief place of concourse (הֹמִיּ֗וֹת), in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
• Proverbs 7:11 — (She is loud (הֹמִיָּ֣ה) and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
• Proverbs 9:13 — A foolish woman is clamorous (הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה): she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
• Proverbs 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging (הֹמֶ֣ה): and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
• Song of Songs 5:4 — My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved (הָמ֥וּ) for him.
• Isaiah 16:11 — Wherefore my bowels shall sound (יֶֽהֱמ֑וּ) like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
• Isaiah 17:12 — Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise (כַּהֲמ֥וֹת) like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
• Isaiah 17:12 — Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise (יֶהֱמָי֑וּן) of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
• Isaiah 22:2 — Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous (הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה) city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
• Isaiah 51:15 — But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared (וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּ): The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Isaiah 59:11 — We roar (נֶהֱמֶ֤ה) all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
• Jeremiah 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise (הֹֽמֶה) in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar (וְהָמ֥וּ), yet can they not pass over it?
• Jeremiah 6:23 — They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth (יֶהֱמֶ֔ה) like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
• Jeremiah 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled (הָמ֤וּ) for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar (וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ); The LORD of hosts is his name:
• Jeremiah 48:36 — Therefore mine heart shall sound (יֶהֱמֶ֔ה) for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
• Jeremiah 48:36 — Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound (יֶהֱמֶ֑ה) like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
• Jeremiah 50:42 — They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar (יֶהֱמֶ֔ה) like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 51:55 — Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar (וְהָמ֤וּ) like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
• Ezekiel 7:16 — But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning (הֹמ֑וֹת), every one for his iniquity.
• Zechariah 9:15 — The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise (הָמ֖וּ) as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.