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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 28
    spellings

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.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

הָמָסhamasbrushwoodUses1

The words it stands beside

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.

    1 Kings 1:41

    • 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.

    Psalms 39:6

    • 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.

    Psalms 42:5

    • 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.

    Psalms 42:11

    • 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.

    Psalms 43:5

    • 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

    Psalms 46:3

    • יֶהֱמ֣וּyehemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will roar
  • Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

    Psalms 46:6

    • 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.

    Psalms 55:17

    • וְאֶהֱמֶ֑הveehemehHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may murmur
  • They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

    Psalms 59:6

    • יֶהֱמ֥וּyehemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they growl
  • They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

    Psalms 59:14

    • 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

    Psalms 77:3

    • וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑הveehemayahHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may murmur
  • See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

    Psalms 83:2

    • 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:

    Proverbs 1:21

    • הֹמִיּ֗וֹתhomiyotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: noisy
  • She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

    Proverbs 7:11

    • הֹמִיָּ֣הhomiyahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: boisterous
  • The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

    Proverbs 9:13

    • 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.

    Proverbs 20:1

    • 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.

    Song of Solomon 5:4

    • 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.

    Isaiah 16:11

    • 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.

    Isaiah 17:12

    • 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.

    Isaiah 22:2

    • 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.

    Isaiah 51:15

    • 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.

    Isaiah 59:11

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 4:19

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 5:22

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 6:23

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 31:20

    • 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:

    Jeremiah 31:35

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 48:36

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 50:42

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 51:55

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 7:16

    • 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.

    Zechariah 9:15

    • הָמ֖וּhamuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be in an uproar

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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