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# לוּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3885

**murmur** — used 15 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

murmur [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3885/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לוּן²: vb. murmur Hiph. Niph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3885/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. murmur, only Ex 15, 16, 17, Nu 14, 16, 17, and Jos 9:18 (Sam. always defect., hence NöZMG xxxvii, 1883, 535 n. thinks poss. לנן \[cf. רנן?\]; from limited occurrence, he supposes it disappeared early; but found chiefly in P);— Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּלּוֹ֫נוּ Ex 15:24 + 3 times + Ex 16:2 Qr (Kt וילינו) + Nu 14:36 Kt (Qr וַיַּלִּי֫נוּ, Hiph.); 2 mpl. תִּלּוֹ֫נוּ Ex 16:7; Nu 16:11, both Kt (Qr תַּלִּי֫נוּ); on forms v. Ges§ 72 ee Köi. 509;—murmur against, sq. עַל Ex 15:24 (JE), 16:2, 7; Nu 14:2; 16:11; 17:6 Jos 9:18 (all P; all of people Isr.); abs. ψ 59:16 (v. ׃לון 1 a). Pf. 2 mpl. חֲלִינֹתֶם Nu 14:29; Impf. וַיָּ֫לָן Ex 17:3; וַיַּלִּי֫נוּ Ex 16:2 Kt, Nu 14:36 Qr; 2 mpl. תַּלִּי֫נוּ Ex 16:7 Qr, Nu 16:11 Qr (on all vid. supr.); Pt. pl. מַלִּינִים Ex 16:8 + 3 times;—murmur = Niph., sq. על Ex 17:3 (E), elsewhere P: 16:8 Nu 14:27(×2), 29; 17:20; cause to murmur, sq. acc. + עַל Nu 14:36 Qr; (cf. also supra Niph.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: they grumbled (5); \[are\] grumbling (4); you will grumble (2).

## In the verses

[Exodus 15:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.24/#tree)

וַיִּלֹּ֧נוּ הָעָ֛ם עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹ֖ר מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.grumbled the people on Moses (cmp) what? will.we.drink

*JPS 1917:* And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'

[Psalms 59:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.59.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.59.16/#tree)

הֵ֭מָּה יְנִיע֣וּן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל אִם־לֹ֥א יִ֝שְׂבְּע֗וּ וַיָּלִֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* they they make.wander.about to eat if not they.are.satisfied and they.passed.the.night

*JPS 1917:* They wander up and down to devour, and tarry all night if they have not their fill.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3885.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3885/): 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).