הָמָה
ha.mah (H1993)
to roar
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# The Hebrew Word הָמָה (hamah): Sound and Motion The Hebrew verb הָמָה (hamah) fundamentally denotes "to roar"—a loud, resonant sound typically associated with powerful natural forces or large creatures. With 34 biblical occurrences, the word captures the acoustic dimension of phenomena that are both forceful and turbulent. The term's core meaning centers on audible sound production, particularly the kind that signals intensity and magnitude rather than controlled utterance. The word's usage patterns suggest it applied broadly to any scenario involving tumultuous noise or commotion. Since the lexicon data provided does not include specific contextual examples, we cannot detail precisely which subjects (seas, crowds, animals, or others) most frequently generated this verb's usage. However, the frequency of 34 occurrences indicates the concept was significant enough in biblical Hebrew to warrant its own distinct term, suggesting that distinguishing this particular type of loud, roaring sound from other vocalizations held communicative value for biblical speakers and writers. The significance of hamah lies in its ability to convey simultaneously both sound and the disorder or power it represents. Rather than describing quiet speech or controlled sound, this verb captures moments of chaos, natural force, or overwhelming noise—making it a useful rhetorical tool for depicting situations where auditory intensity reflects actual turmoil or magnitude.
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Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.
For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.
She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.
Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. Yahweh of Armies is his name.
We all roar like bears and moan bitterly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
They take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.”
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.
Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.
They take up bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea. They ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice! Their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is uttered.
But those of those who escape, they will escape and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity.
Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.