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# הָמַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2000

**make a noise** — used 12 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

make a noise [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2000/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הָמַם: vb. make noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2000/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit (cf. \[הום\])— Pf. וְהָמַם consec. Is 28:28; sf. הֲמָמַ֫נִי Je 51:34 Qr (Kt הֲמָמָ֫נוּ), הֲמָמָם 2 Ch 15:16; 1 s. וְהַמֹּתִ֫י Ex 23:27; Impf. וַיָּ֫הָם Ex 14:24 Ju 4:15; sf. וַיְּהֻמֵּם Jos 10:10 1 S 7:10 ψ 18:15 + 2 S 22:15 Kt (doubtless right; Qr וַיָּהֹ֑ם); 2 ms. sf. וּתְהֻמֵּם ψ 144:6; Inf. sf. לְהֻמָּם Dt 2:15 Est 9:24;— move noisily, trans., drive a wagon in threshing ה׳ גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתוֹ וּפָרָשָׁיו Is 28:28 (‖ דושׁ). confuse, discomfit, c. acc. Ex 14:24; 23:27 Jos 10:10 Ju 4:15 1 S 7:10 ψ 18:15 = 2 S 22:15 (‖ הפיץ), ψ 144:6 (‖ id.); discomfit, vex, 2 Ch 15:6 c. acc. & בְּכָל־צָרָה of instr.; c. acc. also Dt 2:15 (sq. עַד תֻּמָּם), Est 9:24 (sq. לְאַבְּדָם); prob. also Je 51:34 (‖ אָכַל), cf. הוּם Dt 7:23.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (4); disturb (2); he confused (2).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 22:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.15/#tree)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִצִּ֖ים וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם בָּרָ֖ק וַיָּהֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent.out arrows and he scattered.them lightning and he.confused.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

[Psalms 144:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.144.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.144.6/#tree)

בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* flash lightning and you will.scatter.them send arrows your and you will.confuse.them

*JPS 1917:* Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2000.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2000/): 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).