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title: הֲמֻלָּה — rain-storm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֲמֻלָּה (1999), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: rain-storm. BDB 1906: n.f. rain storm rushing or roaring sound. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֲמֻלָּה

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«הֲמֻלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rain-storm** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1999 · **BDB:** הֲמֻלָּה

### Glosses

of.a.rainstorm (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rain-storm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1999/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rain storm rushing or roaring sound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1999/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rain - storm (?), rushing or roaring sound (?): קוֹל הֲמוּלָּה גְדֹלָה Je 11:16 sound of a great storm, of wind fanning flames in tree (in fig. of Yahweh’s judgment on Judah); \> AVRVDa tumult; קוֹל הֲמֻלָּה כְּקוֹל מַחֲנֶה Ez 1:24 of noise of wings of living creatures in Ezekiel’s vision (del. B Co cf. Hi).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֲמֻלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1999/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 11:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.11.16/)

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זַ֤יִת רַֽעֲנָן֙ יְפֵ֣ה פְרִי־תֹ֔אַר קָרָ֥א יְהוָ֖ה שְׁמֵ֑ךְ לְק֣וֹל ׀ הֲמוּלָּ֣ה גְדֹלָ֗ה הִצִּ֥ית אֵשׁ֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ וְרָע֖וּ דָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* an.olive.tree luxuriant beautiful of.fruit of.form he.called Yahweh name your to.\[the\] sound of.a.rainstorm great he.has.kindled a.fire on it and they.are.bad branches its

*JPS 1917:* The LORD called thy name a leafy olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit; with the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

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[Ezekiel 1:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.24/)

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וָאֶשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־ק֣וֹל כַּנְפֵיהֶ֡ם כְּקוֹל֩ מַ֨יִם רַבִּ֤ים כְּקוֹל־שַׁדַּי֙ בְּלֶכְתָּ֔ם ק֥וֹל הֲמֻלָּ֖ה כְּק֣וֹל מַחֲנֶ֑ה בְּעָמְדָ֖ם תְּרַפֶּ֥ינָה כַנְפֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and I.heard (et) the.sound their.wings their like.\[the\] sound of.waters many like the.sound of.\[the\].Almighty when moved they \[the\].sound of.a.rainstorm like.\[the\] sound of.an.army when they stood.still they.let.drop wings their

*JPS 1917:* And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host; when they stood, they let down their wings.

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