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title: מְהוּמָה — tumult · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְהוּמָה (4103), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: tumult. BDB 1906: n.f. tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְהוּמָה

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«מְהוּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tumult** — 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:** 4103 · **BDB:** מְהוּמָה

### Glosses

confusion (4); disturbances (2); panic (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tumult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4103/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4103/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tumult, confusion, disquietude, discomfiture—abs. מ׳ Dt 7:23 + 7 times; cstr. מְהוּמַת 1 S 5:11 Ez 22:5; pl. abs. מְהוּמוֹת 2 Ch 15:5, מְהוּמֹת Am 3:9;— tumult, confusion Am 3:9 (‖ עֲשׁוּקִים oppression), disturbance, turmoil (opp. peace) 2 Ch 15:5 (‖ vb. המם v 6), cf. Ez 22:5; disquietude (of mind) Pr 15:16; especially tumult \& confusion, panic, as due to divine judgment מְהוּמַת־י׳ Zc 14:13 cf. Ez 7:7; also 1 S 5:9 and מְהוּמַת מָוֶת v 11. discomfiture (due to י׳) in war 1 S 14:20 (cf. v 15, 22); Dt 7:23 (acc. cogn. c. הום q.v.), 28:20 (‖ מְאֵרָה, מִגְעֶרֶת); cf. יוֹם מ׳ Is 22:5 (‖ מְבוּסָה, מְבוּכָה) a day of discomfiture \& down-treading \& confusion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְהוּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4103/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.16/)

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טוֹב־מְ֭עַט בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵאוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּמְה֥וּמָה בֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good a.little with the.fear of.Yahweh more than.treasure great and turmoil \[is\].with it

*JPS 1917:* Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

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[Ezekiel 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.22.5/)

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הַקְּרֹב֛וֹת וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת מִמֵּ֖ךְ יִתְקַלְּסוּ־בָ֑ךְ טְמֵאַ֣ת הַשֵּׁ֔ם רַבַּ֖ת הַמְּהוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.\[nations\] nearby and the.\[nations\] far.off from you they.will.deride (in) you O.unclean of.(the) name O.great.\[one\] of.(the) turmoil

*JPS 1917:* Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult.

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