הָמָה
hâmâh · haw-maw'
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1949 (הוּם));
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
- to make a loud sound (like English 'hum')
- by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
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)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
To reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָמָה 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and why art thou disquieted3 · 10%
- shall sound3 · 10%
- thereof roar2 · 7%
- being in an uproar1 · 3%
- surely they are disquieted1 · 3%
- raged1 · 3%
- and cry aloud1 · 3%
- they make a noise1 · 3%
- and let them make a noise1 · 3%
- and was troubled1 · 3%
- make a tumult1 · 3%
- of concourse1 · 3%
- she is loud1 · 3%
- is clamorous1 · 3%
- is raging1 · 3%
- were moved1 · 3%
- which make a noise1 · 3%
- like the noise1 · 3%
- a tumultuous1 · 3%
- roared1 · 3%
- we roar1 · 3%
- maketh a noise1 · 3%
- though they roar1 · 3%
- roareth1 · 3%
- are troubled1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.