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 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Jeremiah 4:19 הֹֽמֶה־ ho.meh- · An -ing word: simple action

    My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

  5. Jeremiah 5:22 וְהָמ֥וּ ve.ha.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

  6. Jeremiah 6:23 יֶהֱמֶ֔ה ye.he.Meh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Zion.

  7. Jeremiah 31:20 הָמ֤וּ ha.Mu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.

  8. Jeremiah 31:35 וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ vai.ye.he.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

  9. Jeremiah 48:36 יֶהֱמֶ֔ה ye.he.Meh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

  10. Jeremiah 48:36 יֶהֱמֶ֑ה ye.he.Meh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Therefore my heart soundeth for Moab like pipes, and my heart soundeth like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he hath gotten is perished.

  11. Jeremiah 50:42 יֶהֱמֶ֔ה ye.he.Meh · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

  12. Jeremiah 51:55 וְהָמ֤וּ ve.ha.Mu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    For Jehovah layeth Babylon waste, and destroyeth out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:

  13. Ezekiel 7:16 הֹמ֑וֹת ho.Mot · An -ing word: simple action

    But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.

  14. Zechariah 9:15 הָמ֖וּ ha.Mu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

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