Hămullâh — H1999

Definition

feminine noun

a sound

1. rushing, roaring, rainstorm, roaring sound, rushing sound

Usually translated as

speech, tumult

Origin

or (too fully) hămûwllâh; (Jeremiah 11:16), feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to rush (as rain with a windy roar)

Occurrences

Hămullâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Jeremiah 11:16 — The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult (הֲמוּלָּ֣ה) he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
• Ezekiel 1:24 — And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech (הֲמֻלָּ֖ה), as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.