Lexical Definition

‎הָמוֹן‎ hâmôwn (haw-mone') crowd ^H:N-M
or הָמֹן hâmôn (haw-mone'); (Ezekiel 5:7), from ‎הָמָה‎

abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.

• a noise, tumult, crowd
• also disquietude, wealth

1) (Qal) murmur, roar, crowd, abundance, tumult, sound
1a) sound, murmur, rush, roar
1b) tumult, confusion
1c) crowd, multitude
1d) great number, abundance
1e) abundance, wealth

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הָמוֺן‎ noun masculine^{1Sam 4:14} (feminine Job 31:34) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ה‎ 1Sam 4:14 + 27 t. ( + 2Kgs 25:11 = ‎אָמוֺן‎ in || Jer 52:15, see II. ‎אָמוֺן‎ above); construct ‎הֲמוֺן‎ Gen 17:14 + 30 t. + Ezek 39:11; Ezek 39:15 (‎גֵּיא הֲמוֺן גּוֺג‎); suffix ‎הֲמוֺנוֺ‎ Isa 5:13 + 2 t. + Ezek 31:18 Qr + 3 t. (Kt ‎המונה‎); so also Co for proper name (?) ‎הֲמוֺנָה‎ (q. v.) Ezek 39:16 ‎הַמוֺנָהּ‎ Isa 5:14 + 6 t. + Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:13; Ezek 30:4 (all strike out B Co; in Ezek 7:13 also Da), ‎הֲמֹנָהּ‎ Ezek 29:19 ‎הֲמוֺנָם‎ Isa 31:4; Ezek 7:11 plural ‎הֲמֹנִים‎ Joel 4:14* (twice in verse); suffix ‎הֲמוֺנֶיהָ‎ Ezek 32:30 — ‎הֲמָנְכֶם‎ Ezek 5:7 see below ‎המן‎ below; —

1. sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar Ps 65:8* ‎לְאֻמִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ (|| ‎שְׁאוֺן יַמִּים‎ etc.); compare ‎׳‎‎קוֺל ה‎ Isa 13:4 sound of a roaring (|| ‎קוֺל שְׁאוֺן‎), Isa 33:3; Dan 10:6 ‎הֲמוֺן עַמִּים‎ Isa 17:12 (|| ‎שְׁאוֺן לְאֻמִּים‎) where again compared with ‎הֲמוֺת יַמִּים‎; also Isa 31:4 of throng of shepherds (|| ‎קוֺל‎); of a city ‎׳‎‎ה‎ ‎קִרְיָה‎ Job 39:7 (|| ‎תְּשֻׁאוֺת נֹגֵשׂ‎); compare ‎עִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ = noisy city Isa 32:14, ‎הֲמוֺנָהּ‎ Isa 5:14 of sound of songs ‎שִׁירַיִךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Ezek 26:13 (|| ‎קוֺל כִנּוֺרַיִךְ‎), compare Amos 5:23 (|| ‎זִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ‎); of crying ‎׳‎‎קוֺל ה‎ 1Sam 4:14 (|| ‎קוֺל‎) ‎צְעָקָה‎; see further ‎הֲמוֺן מֵעִים‎ figurative of sympathy Isa 63:15 (|| ‎רַחֲמִים‎), compare ‎הָמָה‎ 2; of rain ‎הַגֶּשֶׁם‎ ‎׳‎‎קוֺל ה‎ 1Kgs 18:41, compare Jer 10:13 = Jer 51:16 — of rumbling of chariot-wheels ‎גַּלְגִּלָּיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Jer 47:3 (|| ‎קוֺל שַׁעֲטַת‎ ‎פַּרְסוֺת‎ & ‎רַעַשׁ לְרִכְבּוֺ‎).

2. tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1Sam 14:19; 2Sam 18:29.

3. crowd, multitude (especially frequently in Ezra, Chronicles): —
a. frequently of great army Judg 4:7; 1Sam 14:16; 1Kgs 20:13; 1Kgs 20:28; Isa 29:5 (twice in verse); 2Chr 13:8; 2Chr 14:10*; 2Chr 20:2; 2Chr 20:12; 2Chr 20:15; 2Chr 20:24; 2Chr 32:7 compare Ezek 39:11 also Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:13; Ezek 30:4 (compare emendation above); on Jer 3:23 compare VB; see further ‎גֵּיא הֲמוֺן גּוֺג‎ Ezek 39:11; Ezek 39:15; Dan 11:10 (‎חֲיָלִים רַבִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎) vDan 11:11 vDan 11:11 vDan 11:12 vDan 11:13 (|| ‎חַיִל גָּדוֺל‎); also plural Joel Dan 4:14* (twice in verse).
b. of a whole people 2Sam 6:19; Isa 5:13; Isa 16:14; Ezek 7:11; Ezek 7:14; Ezek 29:19; Ezek 30:10; Ezek 30:15; Ezek 31:2; Ezek 31:18; Ezek 32:12 (twice in verse); Ezek 32:16; Ezek 32:18; Ezek 32:20; Ezek 32:24; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:26; Ezek 32:31; Ezek 32:32
c. of any great throng 2Kgs 7:13 (twice in verse) (so ᵑ0 2Kgs 25:11, but || Jer 52:15 ‎הָאָמוֺן‎) Ps 42:5*; Job 31:34 (‎רַבָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎) Ezek 23:42 ‎גּוֺיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Gen 17:4; Gen 17:5 (P) compare Isa 29:7; Isa 29:8 so, under figure of overwhelming mass of waves Jer 51:42.

4. great number, abundance (late) ‎נָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ 2Chr 11:23 **for ‎וַיִּשְׁאַל הֲמַוֺן נָשִׁים‎ Perles^{Anal. 47} proposes ‎׳‎‎וִיִּשְׂאוּ לָהֶם נ‎ (compare ‎נשׂא‎ 3 d); of cattle Jer 49:32 of things: materials for temple-building 1Chr 29:16 tithes & gifts 2Chr 31:10. Hence

5. abundance, wealth, Ps 37:16 compare Eccl 5:9* (|| ‎כֶּסֶף‎), Isa 60:5 (‎יָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎; || ‎חֵיל גּוֺיִם‎).

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