הָמַם

ha.mamto confuseHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb14 occurrences11 books14 verses

Definition

a primitive root (compare H1949, H1993); properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
Traditional renderings: break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Exodus 14:24וַיָּ֕הָם · and He threw their camp into confusion
    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.
  2. Exodus 23:27וְהַמֹּתִי֙ · and throw into confusion
    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.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:15לְהֻמָּ֖ם · to eliminate them
    Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
  4. Deuteronomy 7:23וְהָמָם֙ · and throw them
    But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
  5. Joshua 10:10וַיְהֻמֵּ֤ם · threw them into confusion
    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.
  6. Judges 4:15וַיָּ֣הָם · routed
    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.
  7. 1 Samuel 7:10וַיְהֻמֵּ֔ם · and threw them into such confusion
    As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
  8. 2 Samuel 22:15וַיְהֻמֵּם׃ · and routed them
    He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  9. 2 Chronicles 15:6הֲמָמָ֖ם · afflicted them
    Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
  10. Esther 9:24לְהֻמָּ֖ם · to crush
    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.
  11. Psalm 18:14וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃ · and routed them
    He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  12. Psalm 144:6וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃ · and rout them
    Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
  13. Isaiah 28:28וְ֠הָמַם · roll over it
    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.
  14. Jeremiah 51:34הֲמָמָנוּ · he has crushed me
    “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.