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# הֲמֻלָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1999

**rain-storm** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rain-storm [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1999/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֲמֻלָּה: n.f. rain storm rushing or roaring sound [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1999/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rain - storm (?), rushing or roaring sound (?): קוֹל הֲמוּלָּה גְדֹלָה Je 11:16 sound of a great storm, of wind fanning flames in tree (in fig. of Yahweh’s judgment on Judah); \> AVRVDa tumult; קוֹל הֲמֻלָּה כְּקוֹל מַחֲנֶה Ez 1:24 of noise of wings of living creatures in Ezekiel’s vision (del. B Co cf. Hi).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of a rainstorm (2).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 11:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.16/#tree)

זַ֤יִת רַֽעֲנָן֙ יְפֵ֣ה פְרִי־תֹ֔אַר קָרָ֥א יְהוָ֖ה שְׁמֵ֑ךְ לְק֣וֹל ׀ הֲמוּלָּ֣ה גְדֹלָ֗ה הִצִּ֥ית אֵשׁ֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ וְרָע֖וּ דָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* an.olive.tree luxuriant beautiful of.fruit of.form he.called Yahweh name your to.\[the\] sound of.a.rainstorm great he.has.kindled a.fire on it and they.are.bad branches its

*JPS 1917:* The LORD called thy name a leafy olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit; with the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

[Ezekiel 1:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.24/#tree)

וָאֶשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־ק֣וֹל כַּנְפֵיהֶ֡ם כְּקוֹל֩ מַ֨יִם רַבִּ֤ים כְּקוֹל־שַׁדַּי֙ בְּלֶכְתָּ֔ם ק֥וֹל הֲמֻלָּ֖ה כְּק֣וֹל מַחֲנֶ֑ה בְּעָמְדָ֖ם תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה כַנְפֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and I.heard (et) the.sound their.wings their like.\[the\] sound of.waters many like the.sound of.\[the\].Almighty when moved they \[the\].sound of.a.rainstorm like.\[the\] sound of.an.army when they stood.still they.let.drop wings their

*JPS 1917:* And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host; when they stood, they let down their wings.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1999.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1999/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).