Lexical Definition

‎הוּם‎ hûwm (hoom) to make noise ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎הָמַם‎)

destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again.

• to make an uproar, or agitate greatly

1) to distract, ring again, make a (great) noise, murmur, roar, discomfit, be moved
1a) (Qal) to discomfit
1b) (Niphal) to be in a stir
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to murmur
1c2) to show disquietude

See Greek: ἀπόλλυμι · ἐξάλλομαι · ἠχέω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הוּם‎, ‎הִים‎] verb murmur, roar, discomfit (Arabic (medial ) is rush about madly (literally, or in passion, love, &c.), figurative be distracted; on √ ‎הִים‎ see Hi^{Ps 55:3} Nö^{ZMG 1883, 540}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎וְהָמָם‎ consecutive Deut 7:23 ‎מְהוּמָה גְדֹלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְה‎ (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject) and he shall discomfit them (with) a great discomfiture (according to Di ‎׳‎‎וה‎ is from ‎הָמַם‎, here pointed as ‎עו֞‎ because of ‎מְהוּמָה‎; but see Kö^{i. 486 & references}); here, according to Nö^l.c., belongs Imperfect 1 singular cohortative ‎אָהִ֫ימָה‎ (i. e. √ ‎עי֞‎) Ps 55:3* am driven about (Hi De), or distracted. Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתֵּהֹם‎ 1Sam 4:5 + 2 t. (on form compare Ges<sup>«GKC:72»§ 72</sup> R 5); be in a stir, of a city Ruth 1:19 (followed by ‎על‎ over, on account of, 1Kgs 1:45 of ground re-echoing shout 1Sam 4:5. Hiph`il Imperfect 1 singular ‎אָהִ֑ימָה‎ Ps 55:3* shew disquietude (so most, compare above); but Ol Che ‎וְאֶהֱמָ֑וָה‎ ( Ps 77:4*); Lag^{Proph. Chald. xlviii. 2, BN 27} ‎אֶהֱמֶה‎ (Ps 18); 3 feminine plural ‎תְּהִימֶנָה‎ (?‎תֶּהֱמֶינָה‎) Mic 2:12 they (i.e. fold & pasture) shall murmur with men.

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