Strong's Hebrew · H1993

הָמָה

hâmâh · haw-maw'

clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.

Definition

to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H1949 (הוּם));

Appears 34 times in Scripture

Psalms 59:6

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

Psalms 55:17

Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

Psalms 42:5

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

1 Kings 1:41

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

Psalms 42:11

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalms 46:6

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Psalms 39:6

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Psalms 43:5

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalms 46:3

though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Psalms 59:14

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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