To make noise
הוּםStrong’s H1949hum
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hum is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was excited”, “it was stirred” and “am distraught”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?”
Meaning
- To distract, ring again, make a (great) noise, murmur, roar, discomfit, be moved(Qal) to discomfit · (Niphal) to be in a stir · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and it was excited 2
- and it was stirred 1
- and i am distraught 1
- they will be distraught 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Micah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 4:5And 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.
- 1 Kings 1:45And 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.
- Psalms 55:2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
- Micah 2:12I 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.
Hebrew dictionary
הוּם hum · to make noise
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 STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.