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# תָּמַהּ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8539

**be astounded** — used 9 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

be astounded [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8539/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּמַהּ: vb. be astounded, dumb-founded Qal Hithpalp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8539/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be astounded, dumb-founded (NH id.; so Aramaic תְּמַהּ, ܬܡܰܗ );— Pf. 3 pl. תָּמָ֑הוּ ψ 48:6; Impf. 2 ms. תִּתְמַהּ Ec 5:7; 3 mpl. יִתִמְהוּ Jb 26:11, etc.; Imv. mpl. תְּמָ֑הוּ Is 29:9; Hb 1:5;—be astounded, Is 29:9; Hb 1:5 (v. Hithp.), Je 4:9 (‖ שׁמם, Niph.), ψ 48:6; + מִן caus. Jb 26:11; + על rei at which Ec 5:7; look in astonishment at ת׳ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ Gn 43:33 (J), Is 13:8. Imv. mpl. + Qal Imv. וְהִתַּמְּהוּ תְּמָהוּ Hb 1:5 (v. supr.), lit. astonish yourselves, be astounded, but We Hithpalp. הִתְמַהְמְהוּ; Gr reads inf.abs תָּמֹהַּ (Marti al. וּתְמָהוּ) for תמהו.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: be astonished (3); be astounded (1); they are astonished (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 48:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/#tree)

הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* they they.saw thus they.were.astonished they.were.terrified they.hurried.away

*JPS 1917:* They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

[Job 26:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.11/#tree)

עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pillars of.heaven they.shake and they.are.astonished from rebuke his

*JPS 1917:* The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8539.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8539/): 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).