Hebrew verb · H8539
תָּמַהּ
tamahhtaw-mah'
to astounded
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tâmahh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8539is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8539
to be in consternation
The King James renders it: be amazed, be astonished, marvel(-lously), wonder.
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
tamahh is rendered "to astounded". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 43:33They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Genesis 43:33וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- 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 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.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ1
- וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ1
- וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ1
- וּתְמָ֔הוּ1
- יִתְמָ֔הוּ1
- יִתְמָֽהוּ׃1
- תְּמָ֑הוּ1
- תָּמָ֑הוּ1
- תִּתְמַ֖הּ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vqv2mp
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vtv2mp
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqj2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqv2mp
Genesis
one use
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
- וַיִּתְמְה֥וּvaiyitmehuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they looked in astonishment
Job
one use
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
- וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּveyitmehuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be astonished
Psalms
one use
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- תָּמָ֑הוּtamahuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were astonished
Ecclesiastes
one use
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- תִּתְמַ֖הּtitmahverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be astonished
Isaiah
two uses
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
- יִתְמָ֔הוּyitmahuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will look in astonishment
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- וּתְמָ֔הוּutemahuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be astounded
Jeremiah
one use
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”
- יִתְמָֽהוּ׃yitmahuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be astounded
Habakkuk
two uses
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּvehittamehuconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be astounded
- תְּמָ֑הוּtemahuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be astonished
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 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.