הָמָה

ha.mah · to roar

Hebrew · Strong's H1993 · Verb · Sounds like: haw-maw' · 34 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root (compare הוּם); to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor; clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[הָמָה] vb. murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
Qal
1. growl like a dog
2. murmur, fig. of soul in discouragement
3. roar, of waves
4. be in commotion, stir
5. be boisterous, turbulent

Every occurrence

  1. Isaiah 16:11 יֶֽהֱמ֑וּ ye.he.Mu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

  2. Isaiah 17:12 כַּהֲמ֥וֹת ka.ha.Mot · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

  3. Isaiah 17:12 יֶהֱמָי֑וּן ye.he.ma.Yun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

  4. Isaiah 22:2 הֽוֹמִיָּ֔ה ho.mi.Yah · An -ing word: simple action

    O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

  5. Isaiah 51:15 וַיֶּהֱמ֖וּ vai.ye.he.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.

  6. Isaiah 59:11 נֶהֱמֶ֤ה ne.he.Meh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us

    We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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