King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1949
Transliteration: hum or him
Phonetic Spelling: (hoom)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to murmur, roar, defeat in battle
Meaning: to make an uproar, agitate greatly
Word Summary
hum or him: to murmur, roar, defeat in battle
Original Word: הוּםTransliteration: hum or him
Phonetic Spelling: (hoom)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to murmur, roar, defeat in battle
Meaning: to make an uproar, agitate greatly
Strong's Concordance
destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again A primitive root (compare hamam); to make an uproar, or agitate greatly -- destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again.
see HEBREW hamam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1949. hum
or him [הִים הוּם,] verb murmur, roar, discomfit (Arabic (medial ) is rush about madly (literally, or in passion, love, &c.), figurative be distracted; on √ הִים see HiPsalm 55:3 NöZMG 1883, 540) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix וְהָמָם consecutive Deuteronomy 7:23 ׳וְה גְדֹלָה מְהוּמָה (׳י subject) and he shall discomfit them (with) a great discomfiture (according to Di ׳וה is from הָמַם, here pointed as עו֞ because of מְהוּמָה; but see Köi. 486 & references); here, according to Nöl.c., belongs Imperfect1singular cohortative אָהִ֫ימָה (i. e. √ עי֞) Psalm 55:3 am driven about (Hi De), or distracted.
Niph`al Imperfect3feminine singular וַתֵּהֹם 1 Samuel 4:5 2t. (on form compare Ges§ 72 R 5); be in a stir, of a city Ruth 1:19 (followed by על over, on account of, 1 Kings 1:45; of ground re-echoing shout 1 Samuel 4:5.
Hiph`il Imperfect1singular אָהִ֑ימָה Psalm 55:3 shew disquietude (so most, compare above); but Ol Che וְאֶהֱמָ֑וָה ( 77:4); LagProph. Chald. xlviii. 2, BN 27 אֶהֱמֶה (Psalm 18); 3 feminine plural תְּהִימֶנָה (?תֶּהֱמֶינָה) Micah 2:12 they (i.e. fold & pasture) shall murmur with men.