Hum הוּם

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Hum
הוּם
Transliterationhum
Strong's numberH1949
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto make noise
Occurrences5 in 5 verses
Most frequent inRuth (1)

Hum (Hebrew הוּם, Strong's H1949) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to make noise”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to distract, ring again, make a (great) noise, murmur, roar, discomfit, be moved
1a) (Qal) to discomfit
1b) (Niphal) to be in a stir
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to murmur
1c2) to show disquietude

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVagain (2), noise (2), destroy (1), moved (1)
BSBwas stirred (1), shook (1), rings out (1), distraught (1), noisy (1)

Verses

Every verse with Hum, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Ruth

1 Samuel

1 Kings

Psalms

Micah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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