Hamam הָמַם
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| הָמַם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | hamam |
| Strong's number | H2000 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to confuse |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (2) |
Hamam (Hebrew הָמַם, Strong's H2000) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to confuse”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to move noisily
1a2) to confuse, discomfit, vex
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to move noisily
1a2) to confuse, discomfit, vex
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | discomfited (5), destroy (3), troubled (1), vex (1), consume (1), break (1), crushed (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | routed them (2), he threw their camp into confusion (1), throw into confusion (1), eliminate them (1), throw them (1), threw them into confusion (1), routed (1), threw them into such confusion (1), afflicted them (1), crush (1), rout them (1), roll over it (1), and 1 other rendering |
Verses
Every verse with Hamam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 14:24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
- Exodus 23:27I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 2:15For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
- Deuteronomy 7:23But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
Joshua
- Joshua 10:10And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
Judges
- Judges 4:15And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 7:10And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 15:6And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
Esther
- Esther 9:24Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Psalms
- Psalm 18:14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- Psalm 144:6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 28:28Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).