הוּם
hûwm · hoom
to make an uproar, or agitate greatly
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2000 (הָמַם));
to make an uproar, or agitate greatly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הוּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rang again2 · 33%
- and shall destroy1 · 17%
- was moved1 · 17%
- and make a noise1 · 17%
- they shall make great noise1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.