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הוּם hûwm — to make an uproar, or agitate greatly

pronounced hoom · Strong's H1949 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Niph'al, Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as destroy, move, make a noise, put, ring again.

a primitive root (compare H2000); to make an uproar, or agitate greatly.

hûwm in each stem

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Wayyiqtol 3

וַתֵּהֹ֤ם Ruth 1:19 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

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? (KJV)

וַתֵּהֹ֖ם 1Sam 4:5 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

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. (KJV)

וַתֵּהֹ֖ם 1Kgs 1:45 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. (KJV)

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Cohortative 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

וְאָהִֽימָה Ps 55:3 Cohortative, 1st person common singular

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. (KJV)

תְּהִימֶ֖נָה Mic 2:12 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine plural

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. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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