Tumult
הֲמֻלָּהStrong’s H1999hamullah (ha-mul-lah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hamullah is the Hebrew word usually translated “rainstorm”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.”
Meaning
- Rushing, roaring, rainstorm, roaring sound, rushing sound
How it's translated
- a rainstorm 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
הֲמֻלָּה hamullah · tumult
rushing, roaring, rainstorm, roaring sound, rushing sound
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tumult” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TU'MULT, noun
[Latin tumultus, a derivative from tumeo, to swell.]
- The commotion, disturbance or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar and confusion of voices.“What meaneth the noise of this tumult?” 1 Samuel 4:14
- Violent commotion or agitation with confusion of sounds; as the tumult of the elements.
- Agitation; high excitement; irregular or confused motion; as the tumult of the spirits or passions.
- Bustle; stir.
All definitions and other forms of “tumult”
TU'MULT, verb intransitive
To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.