Lexical Definition

‎הָמָה‎ hâmâh (haw-maw') to roar ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎הוּם‎)

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.

• to make a loud sound (like English 'hum')
• by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

1) to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to growl
1a2) to murmur (fig. of a soul in prayer)
1a3) to roar
1a4) to be in a stir, be in a commotion
1a5) to be boisterous, be turbulent

See Greek: βοάω · ἠχέω · θροέω · σπαράσσω · στενάζω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הָמָה‎] verb murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous ( ᵑ7 ‎הֲמָא‎, but rare, and perhaps not genuine Aramaic; compare Arabic murmur); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎הָמוּ‎ Ps 46:7* + 2t.; ‎וְהָמוּ‎ consecutive Jer 5:22 + 2 t.; Imperfect ‎יֶהֱמֶה‎ Jer 6:23 + 3 t.; 2 feminine singular ‎תֶּהֱמִי‎ Ps 42:12*; Ps 43:5 ‎וַתֶּהֱמִי‎ Ps 42:6* ‎אֶהֱמֶה‎ Ps 55:18* ‎אֶהֱמָ֑יָה‎ Ps 77:4* ‎יֶהֱמוּ‎ Ps 46:4* + 3 t.; ‎וַיֶּהֱמוּ‎ Isa 51:15; Jer 31:35 ‎יֶהֱמָיוּ֑ן‎ Ps 39:7* + 2 t.; 1 plural ‎נֶהֱמֶה‎ Isa 59:11 Infinitive ‎הֲמוֺת‎ Isa 17:12 Participle ‎הֹמֶה‎ Prov 20:1; Jer 4:19 feminine ‎הוֺמָה‎ 1Kgs 1:41, ‎הֹמִיָּה‎ Prov 7:11; Prov 9:13, ‎הוֺמִיָּה‎ Isa 22:2 feminine plural ‎הֹמִיּוֺת‎ Prov 1:21, ‎הֹמוֺת‎ Ezek 7:16 (Co ‎הַמָּוֶת‎ compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6); —

1. growl like a dog ‎כַּכָּ֑לֶב‎ Ps 59:7*; Ps 59:15*, subject wicked men; groan (in distress, lamentation), like bears ‎כַּדֹּבִים‎ Isa 59:11 (|| ‎כיונה הגה‎); of doves (also in simile) Ezek 7:16 compare Da (si vera lectio, see above).

2. murmur, figurative of soul (‎נֶפֶשׁ‎) in discouragement Ps 42:6*; Ps 42:12*; Ps 43:5 in prayer Ps 55:18*; Ps 77:4* (both || ‎אָשִׂיחָה‎); also subject ‎מֵעִים‎ of the thrill of deep-felt compassion or sympathy, followed by ‎לְ‎ of person pitied, Jer 31:20 (|| ‎רחם ארחמנו‎), followed by ‎עַל‎ Song 5:4 further ‎כַּכִּנּוֺר‎ like the lyre (zither) Isa 16:11 ‎כַּחֲלִילִים‎ like flutes, subject ‎לֵב‎ Jer 48:36 (followed by ‎לְ‎); vJer 48:36 (followed by ‎אֶל‎); compare Jer 4:19 ‎לִי לִבִּי הֹמֶהֿ‎.

3. roar, of waves, subject ‎גַּלִּים‎ Jer 5:22; Jer 31:35; Isa 51:15 compare Ps 46:4* simile of roar of multitudes Isa 17:12; Jer 6:23; Jer 50:42 metaphor id., Jer 51:55 be tumultuous, of peoples Ps 46:7* (|| ‎מָטוּ‎); Ps 83:3* (|| ‎נָָֽשְׂאוּ ראֹשׁ‎).

4. be in commotion, stir, of city 1Kgs 1:41; Isa 22:2 so participle feminine plural as substantive ‎הֹמִיּוֺת ראֹשׁ‎ Prov 1:21 head of stirring, bustling streets (|| ‎פתחי שׁערים‎); of man, ‎אַךְהֶֿבֶל יֶהֱמָי֑וּן‎ Ps 39:7* surely to no purpose they bustle about (|| ‎יִתְהָלֶּךְאִֿישׁ אַךְבְּֿצֶלֶם‎)

5. be boisterous, turbulent, as with wine Zech 9:5 (but read perhaps ‎דָּמָם‎ compare Fi^{Hexapl. ii. 3, 1024} Klo^{ThLZ, 1879, 564} Sta^{ZAW 1881, 18}); also participle as adjective, of ‎שֵׁכָר‎ (by meton.) Prov 20:1 of shameless woman Prov 7:11; Prov 9:13.

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