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title: הָמַם — make a noise · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָמַם (2000), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: make a noise. BDB 1906: vb. make noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָמַם

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«הָמַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make a noise** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 2000 · **BDB:** הָמַם

### Glosses

he (4); disturb (2); he.confused (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make a noise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2000/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. make noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2000/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit (cf. \[הום\])— Pf. וְהָמַם consec. Is 28:28; sf. הֲמָמַ֫נִי Je 51:34 Qr (Kt הֲמָמָ֫נוּ), הֲמָמָם 2 Ch 15:16; 1 s. וְהַמֹּתִ֫י Ex 23:27; Impf. וַיָּ֫הָם Ex 14:24 Ju 4:15; sf. וַיְּהֻמֵּם Jos 10:10 1 S 7:10 ψ 18:15 + 2 S 22:15 Kt (doubtless right; Qr וַיָּהֹ֑ם); 2 ms. sf. וּתְהֻמֵּם ψ 144:6; Inf. sf. לְהֻמָּם Dt 2:15 Est 9:24;— move noisily, trans., drive a wagon in threshing ה׳ גִּלְגַּל עֶגְלָתוֹ וּפָרָשָׁיו Is 28:28 (‖ דושׁ). confuse, discomfit, c. acc. Ex 14:24; 23:27 Jos 10:10 Ju 4:15 1 S 7:10 ψ 18:15 = 2 S 22:15 (‖ הפיץ), ψ 144:6 (‖ id.); discomfit, vex, 2 Ch 15:6 c. acc. \& בְּכָל־צָרָה of instr.; c. acc. also Dt 2:15 (sq. עַד תֻּמָּם), Est 9:24 (sq. לְאַבְּדָם); prob. also Je 51:34 (‖ אָכַל), cf. הוּם Dt 7:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2000/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.15/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִצִּ֖ים וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם בָּרָ֖ק וַיָּהֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent.out arrows and he scattered.them lightning and he.confused.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

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[Psalms 144:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.144.6/)

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בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* flash lightning and you will.scatter.them send arrows your and you will.confuse.them

*JPS 1917:* Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.

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