Strong's Lexicon

H1949

H1949 — הוּם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewhuwmverb-stemOccurrences: 5TWOT: 486

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1949
Word:	הוּם
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	huwm
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	hoom
Meaning:	1. to make an uproar, or agitate greatly
KJV Renderings:	destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2134

[הוּם, הִים] verb murmur, roar, discomfit (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1280] (medial [untranscribed source text 1281]) is rush about madly (literally, or in passion, love, &c.), figurative be distracted; on √ הִים see Hi^{Ps 55:3} Nö^{ZMG 1883, 540}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix וְהָמָם consecutive Deut 7:23 מְהוּמָה גְדֹלָה ׳ וְה (׳ 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 Kö^{i. 486 & references}); here, according to Nö^l.c., belongs Imperfect 1 singular cohortative אָהִ֫ימָה (i. e. √ עי֞) Ps 55:3 am driven about (Hi De), or distracted.

Niph`al Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתֵּהֹם 1Sam 4:5 + 2 t. (on form compare Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} R 5); be in a stir , of a city Ruth 1:19 (followed by על over, on account of, 1Kgs 1:45 of ground re-echoing shout 1Sam 4:5.

Hiph`il Imperfect 1 singular אָהִ֑ימָה Ps 55:3 shew disquietude (so most, compare above); but Ol Che וְאֶהֱמָ֑וָה ( Ps 77:4); Lag^{Proph. Chald. xlviii. 2,
BN 27} אֶהֱמֶה (Ps 18); 3 feminine plural תְּהִימֶנָה (? תֶּהֱמֶינָה) Mic 2:12 they (i.e. fold & pasture) shall murmur with men.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הום (hoom)

Deuteronomy 7:23

KJV: But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.unto…: Heb. before thy face

EHCC: and shall destroy them with a mighty

Ruth 1:19

KJV: So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

EHCC: that all the city was moved about them,

1 Samuel 4:5

KJV: And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

EHCC: s0 that the earth rang again,

Psalms 55:2

KJV: Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

EHCC: (3).in my complaint, and make a noise ;

Micah 2:12

KJV: I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

EHCC: they shall make yreat noise