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hūm הוּם ‘to make noise’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare hāmam הָמַם ‘to confuse’

hūm v
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

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 4:5 1 Kings 1:45 Micah 2:12 Psalms 55:3 Ruth 1:19

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