Lexical Definition

‎הָמַם‎ hâmam (haw-mam') to confuse ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎הוּם‎, ‎הָמָה‎)

break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.

• properly, to put in commotion
• by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy

1) to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to move noisily
1a2) to confuse, discomfit, vex

See Greek: ἀφανίζω · ἐξίστημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הָמַם‎ verb make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit (compare [‎הום‎]) —

Qal Perfect ‎וְהָמַם‎ consecutive Isa 28:28 suffix ‎הֲמָמַ֫נִי‎ Jer 51:34 Qr (Kt ‎הֲמָמָ֫נוּ‎), ‎הֲמָמָם‎ 2Chr 15:6 1 singular ‎וְהַמֹּתִ֫י‎ Exod 23:27 Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫הָם‎ Exod 14:24; Judg 4:15 suffix ‎וַיְּהֻמֵּם‎ Josh 10:10; 1Sam 7:10; Ps 18:15* + 2Sam 22:15 Kt (doubtless right; Qr ‎וַיָּהֹ֑ם‎); 2 masculine singular suffix ‎וּתְהֻמֵּם‎ Ps 144:6 Infinitive suffix ‎לְהֻמָּם‎ Deut 2:15; Esth 9:24 —

1. move noisily, transitive, drive a wagon in threshing ‎גִּלְגַּל עֶגְּלָתוֺ וּפָרָשָׁיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Isa 28:28 (|| ‎דושׁ‎).

2. confuse, discomfit, with accusative Exod 14:24; Exod 23:27; Josh 10:10; Judg 4:15; 1Sam 7:10; Ps 18:15* = 2Sam 22:15 (|| ‎הפיץ‎), Ps 144:6 (|| id.); discomfit, vex, 2Chr 15:6 with accusative & ‎בְּכָלצָֿרָה‎ of instrumental; with accusative also Deut 2:15 (followed by ‎עַד תֻּמָּם‎), Esth 9:24 (followed by ‎לְאַבְּדָם‎); probably also Jer 51:34 (|| ‎אָכַל‎), compare ‎הוּם‎ Deut 7:23.

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