הָמַם
hâmam · haw-mam'
properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1949 (הוּם), H1993 (הָמָה));
properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
- properly, to put in commotion
- by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.
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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָמַם 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and discomfited3 · 23%
- discomfited2 · 15%
- and troubled1 · 8%
- thee, and will destroy1 · 8%
- was against them, to destroy1 · 8%
- did vex1 · 8%
- to consume1 · 8%
- and destroy1 · 8%
- it, nor break1 · 8%
- me, he hath crushed1 · 8%
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.