Definition

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

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H1949 (הוּם));

Where the KJV renders it

• 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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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