מְהוּמָה
mᵉhûwmâh · meh-hoo-maw'
confusion or uproar
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1949 (הוּם);
confusion or uproar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destruction, discomfiture, trouble, tumult, vexation, vexed.
Letters
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְהוּמָה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- destruction3 · 25%
- of trouble2 · 17%
- vexation1 · 8%
- discomfiture1 · 8%
- vexations1 · 8%
- and trouble1 · 8%
- vexed1 · 8%
- tumults1 · 8%
- tumult1 · 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.