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title: הוּם — murmur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הוּם (1949), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: murmur. BDB 1906: vb. murmur, roar, discomfit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוּם

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«הוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **murmur** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1949 · **BDB:** הוּם

### Glosses

it.was.stirred (3); I.am.distraught (1); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

murmur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1949/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. murmur, roar, discomfit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1949/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. murmur, roar, discomfit (Arabic هَامَ (med. ى) is rush about madly (lit., or in passion, love, \&c.), fig. be distracted; on √ הִים v. Hi ψ 55:3 NöZMG 1883, 540)— Pf. 3 ms. sf. וְהָמָם consec. Dt 7:23 וְה׳ מְהוּמָה גְדֹלָה (י׳ subj.) and he shall discomfit them (with) a great discomfiture (according to Di וה׳ is from הָמַם, here pointed as ע״ו because of מְהוּמָה; but v. Köi 486 \& reff.); here, according to Nöl.c., belongs Impf. 1 s. cohort. אָהִ֑ימָה (i.e. √ ע״י) ψ 55:3 am driven about (Hi De), or distracted. Impf. 3 fs. וַתֵּהֹם 1 S 4:5 + 2 times (on form cf. Ges§ 72 R. 5); be in a stir, of a city Ru 1:19 (sq. על over, on account of), 1 K 1:45; of ground re-echoing shout 1 S 4:5. Impf. 1 s. אָהִ֑ימָה ψ 55:3 shew disquietude (so most, cf. supr.); but Ol Che וְאֶהֱמָ֑יָה (77:4); LagProph. Chald. xlviii. 2, BN 27 אֶהֱמֶה (v 18); 3 fpl. תְּהִימֶנָה (? תֶּהֱמֶינָה) Mi 2:12 they (i.e. fold \& pasture) shall murmur with men.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1949/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.3/)

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הַקְשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֣י וַעֲנֵ֑נִי אָרִ֖יד בְּשִׂיחִ֣י וְאָהִֽימָה׃

*Word for word:* pay attention to me and answer me I.am.restless in complaint my and I.am.distraught

*JPS 1917:* Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;

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[Deuteronomy 7:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.23/)

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וּנְתָנָ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְהָמָם֙ מְהוּמָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he will.deliver.them.up Yahweh God your before you and he will.confuse.them confusion great until they are.destroyed

*JPS 1917:* But the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and shall discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.

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