Lexical Definition

‎נָהַם‎ nâham (naw-ham') to groan ^H:V
a primitive root

mourn, roar(-ing).

• to growl

1) to growl, groan
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to growl (of lion)
1a2) to groan (of sufferer)

See Greek: βοάω · βρυγμός · ἐπισκέπτομαι · θυμός · μεταμέλλομαι · πεινάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָהַם‎] verb growl, groan (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Aramaic , ‎נְהַם‎); —

Qal Perfect ‎וְנָהַמְתָּ֫‎ Prov 5:11 ‎וּנְהַמְתֶּם‎ Ezek 24:23 Imperfect ‎יִנְהֹם‎ Isa 5:29; Isa 5:30 Participle ‎נֹהֵם‎ Prov 28:15 —

1. growl, of a lion (namely while it is devouring its prey: opposed to ‎שׁאנ‎, of roar with which it springs upon it RS^{Proph. 243}) Prov 28:15, of Assyr. (under figure of lion) Isa 5:29 followed by ‎עַל‎ (over), vIsa 5:30.

2. groan, of sufferer Prov 5:11; Ezek 24:23.

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