What does הָמַם (hāmam) mean in the Bible?
הָמַם (hāmam): To throw into turmoil or panic; a cascading effect from disturbance toward destruction through disarray.
Hebrew · H2000
הָמַם
Properly, to put in commotion ; by implication, to disturb , drive , destroy
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הָמַם H2000
Pronunciation hāmam
What does הָמַם (hāmam) mean in the Bible?
הָמַם (hāmam): To throw into turmoil or panic; a cascading effect from disturbance toward destruction through disarray.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2000?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and routed them (2), afflicted them (1), and He threw their camp into confusion (1), and rout them (1), and threw them into such confusion (1).
Where does הָמַם (hāmam) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 14:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (2), Exodus (2), Psalms (2), 1 Samuel (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and routed them 2× 2 Samuel 22:15, Psalms 18:14
afflicted them 1× 2 Chronicles 15:6
and He threw their camp into confusion 1× Exodus 14:24
and rout them 1× Psalms 144:6
and threw them into such confusion 1× 1 Samuel 7:10
and throw into confusion 1× Exodus 23:27
and throw them 1× Deuteronomy 7:23
he has crushed me 1× Jeremiah 51:34
roll over it 1× Isaiah 28:28
routed 1× Judges 4:15
threw them into confusion 1× Joshua 10:10
to crush 1× Esther 9:24
to eliminate them 1× Deuteronomy 2:15
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 14:24 וַיָּ֕הָם to and He threw their camp into confusion Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 23:27 וְהַמֹּתִי֙ to and throw into confusion Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Deuteronomy 2:15 לְהֻמָּ֖ם to to eliminate them Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Deuteronomy 7:23 וְהָמָם֙ to and throw them Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Joshua 10:10 וַיְהֻמֵּ֤ם to threw them into confusion Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Judges 4:15 וַיָּ֣הָם to routed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1 Samuel 7:10 וַיְהֻמֵּ֔ם to and threw them into such confusion Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural 2 Samuel 22:15 וַיְהֻמֵּם׃ to and routed them Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 15:6 הֲמָמָ֖ם to afflicted them Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Esther 9:24 לְהֻמָּ֖ם to to crush Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 14:24
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 11
Exodus 2 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 1 Judges 1 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 1 2 Chronicles 1 Esther 1 Psalms 2 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
לְהֻמָּ֖ם 2x lə·hum·mām Deuteronomy 2:15, Esther 9:24
הֲמָמָ֖ם 1x hă·mā·mām 2 Chronicles 15:6
הֲמָמָנוּ 1x hă·må̄·må̄·nū Jeremiah 51:34
וְ֠הָמַם 1x wə·hā·mam Isaiah 28:28
וְהָמָם֙ 1x wə·hā·mām Deuteronomy 7:23
וְהַמֹּתִי֙ 1x wə·ham·mō·ṯî Exodus 23:27
וַיָּ֕הָם 1x way·yā·hām Exodus 14:24
וַיָּ֣הָם 1x way·yā·hām Judges 4:15
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x Exodus 14:24, Judges 4:15, 2 Samuel 22:15
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural 3x Joshua 10:10, 1 Samuel 7:10, Psalms 18:14
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural 2x Deuteronomy 2:15, Esther 9:24
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural 1x Psalms 144:6
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 1x Exodus 23:27
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 28:28
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural 1x Deuteronomy 7:23
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular 1x Jeremiah 51:34
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. To throw into turmoil or panic; a cascading effect from disturbance toward destruction through disarray.
Source Gloss
properly, to put in commotion ; by implication, to disturb , drive , destroy
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
To throw into turmoil or panic; a cascading effect from disturbance toward destruction through disarray.
properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy BDB: make a noise Usage: break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.
Word Origins
הָמַם is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain