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Hebrew · Strong's H8539

תָּמַהּ

tamahhtaw-mah'

to be in consternation

1890 spelling: tâmahh

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to be in consternation

Rendered in the KJV as

be amazed, be astonished, marvel(-lously), wonder.

  • 9
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 9
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 9 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 9

  • וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ1
  • וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ1
  • וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ1
  • וּתְמָ֔הוּ1
  • יִתְמָ֔הוּ1
  • יִתְמָֽהוּ׃1
  • תְּמָ֑הוּ1
  • תָּמָ֑הוּ1
  • תִּתְמַ֖הּ1

How it is rendered · 7

  • and be astounded2
  • be astonished2
  • and they looked in astonishment1
  • and they may be astonished1
  • they were astonished1
  • they will be astounded1
  • they will look in astonishment1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
  • HC/Vqu3mp1
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
  • Hc/Vqw3mp1
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqi3mp · 2
  • HC/Vqu3mp · 1
  • HC/Vqv2mp · 1
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 1
  • HC/Vtv2mp · 1
  • HVqj2ms · 1
  • HVqp3cp · 1
  • HVqv2mp · 1

All 9, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence
Job1 occurrence
Psalms1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Habakkuk2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).