הָמוֺן noun masculine[1Sam 4:14] (feminine [Job 31:34]) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance; — absolute ׳ה [1Sam 4:14] + 27 t. ( + [2Kgs 25:11] = אָמוֺן in || [Jer 52:15], see II. אָמוֺן above); construct הֲמוֺן [Gen 17:14] + 30 t. + [Ezek 39:11]; [Ezek 39:15] (גֵּיא הֲמוֺן גּוֺג); suffix הֲמוֺנוֺ [Isa 5:13] + 2 t. + [Ezek 31:18] Qr + 3 t. (Kt המונה); so also Co for proper name (?) הֲמוֺנָה (q. v.) [Ezek 39:16] הַמוֺנָהּ [Isa 5:14] + 6 t. + [Ezek 7:12]; [Ezek 7:13]; [Ezek 30:4] (all strike out B Co; in [Ezek 7:13] also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ [Ezek 29:19] הֲמוֺנָם [Isa 31:4]; [Ezek 7:11] plural הֲמֹנִים [Joel 4:14] (twice in verse); suffix הֲמוֺנֶיהָ [Ezek 32:30] — הֲמָנְכֶם [Ezek 5:7] see below המן below; —
1. sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar [Ps 65:8] לְאֻמִּים ׳ה (|| שְׁאוֺן יַמִּים etc.); compare ׳קוֺל ה [Isa 13:4] sound of a roaring (|| קוֺל שְׁאוֺן), [Isa 33:3]; [Dan 10:6] הֲמוֺן עַמִּים [Isa 17:12] (|| שְׁאוֺן לְאֻמִּים) where again compared with הֲמוֺת יַמִּים; also [Isa 31:4] of throng of shepherds (|| קוֺל); of a city ׳ה קִרְיָה [Job 39:7] (|| תְּשֻׁאוֺת נֹגֵשׂ); compare עִיר ׳ה = noisy city [Isa 32:14], הֲמוֺנָהּ [Isa 5:14] of sound of songs שִׁירַיִךְ ׳ה [Ezek 26:13] (|| קוֺל כִנּוֺרַיִךְ), compare [Amos 5:23] (|| זִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ); of crying ׳קוֺל ה [1Sam 4:14] (|| קוֺל) צְעָקָה; see further הֲמוֺן מֵעִים figurative of sympathy [Isa 63:15] (|| רַחֲמִים), compare הָמָה 2; of rain הַגֶּשֶׁם ׳קוֺל ה [1Kgs 18:41], compare [Jer 10:13] = [Jer 51:16] — of rumbling of chariot-wheels גַּלְגִּלָּיו ׳ה [Jer 47:3] (|| קוֺל שַׁעֲטַת פַּרְסוֺת & רַעַשׁ לְרִכְבּוֺ).
2. tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) [1Sam 14:19]; [2Sam 18:29].
3. crowd, multitude (especially frequently in Ezra, Chronicles): —
\ \ a. frequently of great army [Judg 4:7]; [1Sam 14:16]; [1Kgs 20:13]; [1Kgs 20:28]; [Isa 29:5] (twice in verse); [2Chr 13:8]; [2Chr 14:10]; [2Chr 20:2]; [2Chr 20:12]; [2Chr 20:15]; [2Chr 20:24]; [2Chr 32:7] compare [Ezek 39:11] also [Ezek 7:12]; [Ezek 7:13]; [Ezek 30:4] (compare emendation above); on [Jer 3:23] compare VB; see further גֵּיא הֲמוֺן גּוֺג [Ezek 39:11]; [Ezek 39:15]; [Dan 11:10] (חֲיָלִים רַבִּים ׳ה) v[Dan 11:11] v[Dan 11:11] v[Dan 11:12] v[Dan 11:13] (|| חַיִל גָּדוֺל); also plural Joel [Dan 4:14] (twice in verse).
\ \ b. of a whole people [2Sam 6:19]; [Isa 5:13]; [Isa 16:14]; [Ezek 7:11]; [Ezek 7:14]; [Ezek 29:19]; [Ezek 30:10]; [Ezek 30:15]; [Ezek 31:2]; [Ezek 31:18]; [Ezek 32:12] (twice in verse); [Ezek 32:16]; [Ezek 32:18]; [Ezek 32:20]; [Ezek 32:24]; [Ezek 32:25]; [Ezek 32:26]; [Ezek 32:31]; [Ezek 32:32]
\ \ c. of any great throng [2Kgs 7:13] (twice in verse) (so ᵑ0 [2Kgs 25:11], but || [Jer 52:15] הָאָמוֺן) [Ps 42:5]; [Job 31:34] (רַבָּה ׳ה) [Ezek 23:42] גּוֺיִם ׳ה [Gen 17:4]; [Gen 17:5] (P) compare [Isa 29:7]; [Isa 29:8] so, under figure of overwhelming mass of waves [Jer 51:42].
4. great number, abundance (late) נָשִׁים ׳ה [2Chr 11:23]
5. abundance, wealth, [Ps 37:16] compare [Eccl 5:9] (|| כֶּסֶף), [Isa 60:5] (יָם ׳ה; || חֵיל גּוֺיִם).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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