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title: נְהָמָה — growling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְהָמָה (5100), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: growling. BDB 1906: n.f. growling, groaning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְהָמָה

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«נְהָמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **growling** — 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:** 5100 · **BDB:** נְהָמָה

### Glosses

growling (1); the.groaning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

growling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5100/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. growling, groaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5100/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. growling, groaning;—only cstr. נָֽהֲמַת: Is 5:30 of sea, in sim. of growling of Assyrian lion. fig. groaning ψ 38:9 of heart (שָׁאַ֫גְתִּי מִנ׳).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְהָמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5100/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.9/)

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נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* I.am.numb and I.am.crushed up.to muchness I.roar from the.groaning my.heart my

*JPS 1917:* I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.

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[Isaiah 5:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.30/)

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וְיִנְהֹ֥ם עָלָ֛יו בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כְּנַהֲמַת־יָ֑ם וְנִבַּ֤ט לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְהִנֵּה־חֹ֔שֶׁךְ צַ֣ר וָא֔וֹר חָשַׁ֖ךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.will.growl over it in the day (the) that like.\[the\] growling of.\[the\].sea and someone.will.look to the land and there! darkness distress and light it.has.become.dark by clouds its

*JPS 1917:* And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea; and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and distress, and the light is darkened in the skies thereof.

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