הָמָה hamah

Hebrew word for “to roar” · Strong’s H1993 · used 34 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

1) to murmur, growl, roar, cry aloud, mourn, rage, sound, make noise, tumult, be clamorous, be disquieted, be loud, be moved, be troubled, be in an uproar;

How it is translated

Glosses given for hamah in context, with how often each is used:

• turmoil 3
• growl 3
• will roar 2
• tumult 2
• may murmur 2
• boisterous 2
• turbulent 2
• roar 2
• roared 2
• which it roars 2
• will groan 2
• uproar 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 42 (2), Psalms 46 (2), Psalms 59 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), 1 Kings 1 (1), Psalms 39 (1), Psalms 43 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Psalms 77 (1), Psalms 83 (1)

Forms

• יהמו 4
• המו 4
• יהמה 4
• יהמיון 3
• תהמי 2
• המיה 2
• המה 2
• ויהמו 2
• והמו 2
• הומה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hamah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קוֹל qol “voice” 7
• מֵעֶה meeh “belly” 4
• גַּל gal “heap” 4
• יָחַל yachal “to wait” 4
• יָם yam “sea” 6
• יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah “salvation” 4
• שָׁחַח shachach “to bow” 3
• רָחַם racham “to have compassion” 3
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 4
• קִיר חֶרֶשׂ qir cheres “Kir-hareseth” 2
• יָדָה yadah “to give thanks” 3
• אַכְזָרִי akhzari “cruel” 2

Key verses

The verses using hamah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
• Psalms 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
• Psalms 46:6 — The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Psalms 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
• Psalms 83:2 — For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
• Proverbs 20:1 — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
• Jeremiah 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the…
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot…
• Jeremiah 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I…
• Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when…
• Ezekiel 7:16 — But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
• Zechariah 9:15 — The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.