Hebrew verb · H1993
הָמָה
hamahhaw-maw'
to roar
34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hâmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1993is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 28spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1993
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
The King James renders it: 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.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hamah is rendered "to roar". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 1:41Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.
The first use
Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
1 Kings 1:41הוֹמָֽה׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's thirty-four uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and they roared2
- are you in turmoil2
- boisterous2
- it roars2
- it will groan2
- noisy2
- they growl2
- and I may murmur1
- and they roar1
- and they will roar1
- and were you in turmoil1
- as roar1
and 15 more, 34 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָמָס | hamas | brushwood | Uses1 |
All 34, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
28 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יֶהֱמֶ֔ה3
- יֶהֱמָי֑וּן3
- יֶהֱמ֥וּ2
- תֶּהֱמִ֪י2
- הוֹמָֽה׃1
- הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה1
- הֹמֶ֣ה1
- הֹֽמֶה־1
- הָמ֣וּ1
- הָמ֥וּ1
- הָמ֤וּ1
- הָמ֖וּ1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural4HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular4HVqrfsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun3HVqi3mp/Sn
- Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
- HC/Vqu1cs2HC/Vqu1cs
- Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqi2fs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine plural2HVqrfpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- Hc/Vqw2fs1Hc/Vqw2fs
1 Kings
one use
Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
- הוֹמָֽה׃homahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: in an uproar
Psalms
eleven uses
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- יֶהֱמָי֑וּןyehemayunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: people are in turmoil
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- וַתֶּהֱמִ֪יvatehemiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and were you in turmoil
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- תֶּהֱמִ֪יtehemiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: are you in turmoil
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- תֶּהֱמִ֪יtehemiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: are you in turmoil
though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
- יֶהֱמ֣וּyehemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will roar
Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- הָמ֣וּhamuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were in a tumult
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
- וְאֶהֱמֶ֑הveehemehHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may murmur
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- יֶהֱמ֥וּyehemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they growl
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
- יֶהֱמ֥וּyehemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they growl
I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
- וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑הveehemayahHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may murmur
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
- יֶהֱמָי֑וּןyehemayunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they are in an uproar
Proverbs
four uses
in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
- הֹמִיּ֗וֹתhomiyotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: noisy
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
- הֹמִיָּ֣הhomiyahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: boisterous
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- הֹֽמִיָּ֑הhomiyahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: boisterous
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- הֹמֶ֣הhomehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: noisy
Song of Solomon
one use
My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
- הָמ֥וּhamuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were turbulent
Isaiah
six uses
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- יֶֽהֱמ֑וּyehemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they make a sound
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
- כַּהֲמ֥וֹתkahamotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as roar
- יֶהֱמָי֑וּןyehemayunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they roar
O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
- הֽוֹמִיָּ֔הhomiyahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: turbulent
For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּvaiyehemuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they roared
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
- נֶהֱמֶ֤הnehemehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we growl
Jeremiah
nine uses
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
- הֹֽמֶה־homeh-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: in turmoil
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- וְהָמ֥וּvehamuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they roar
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
- יֶהֱמֶ֔הyehemehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it roars
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
- הָמ֤וּhamuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are in a tumult
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
- וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּvaiyehemuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they roared
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
- יֶהֱמֶ֔הyehemehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will groan
- יֶהֱמֶ֑הyehemehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will groan
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- יֶהֱמֶ֔הyehemehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it roars
For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.
- וְהָמ֤וּvehamuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will roar
Ezekiel
one use
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
- הֹמ֑וֹתhomotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: moaning
Zechariah
one use
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
- הָמ֖וּhamuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be in an uproar
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
