הָמוֹן
Used: 83 times · Key: 1995 · BDB: הָמוֹן
Glosses
multitude (29); the.multitude (11); a.multitude (7)
Meaning (OSHB)
sound tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. 1 S 4:14 (f. †Jb 31:34?) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance;—abs. ה׳ 1 S 4:14 + 27 times (+ 2 K 25:11 = אָמוֹן in ‖ Je 52:15, v. ii. אָמוֹן p. 54 supr.); cstr. הֲמוֹן Gn 17:4 + 30 times + Ez 39:11, 15 (גֵּיא הֲמוֹן גּוֹג); sf. הֲמוֹנוֹ Is 5:13 + 2 times + Ez 31:18 Qr + 3 times (Kt המונה); so also Co for n.pr. (?) הֲמוֹנָה (q.v.) 39:16; הַמוֹנָהּ Is 5:14 + 6 times + Ez 7:12, 13; 30:4 (all del. B Co; in 7:13 also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ Ez 29:19; הֲמוֹנָם Is 31:4 Ez 7:11; pl. הֲמֹנִים Jo 4:14(×2); sf. הֲמוֹנֶיהָ Ez 32:30;—הֲמָנְכֶם Ez 5:7 v. sub המן infr.;— sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar ψ 65:8 ה׳ לְאֻמִּים (‖ שְׁאוֹן יַמִּים etc.); cf. קוֹל ה׳ Is 13:4 sound of a roaring (‖ קוֹל שְׁאוֹן), 33:3 Dn 10:6; הֲמוֹן עַמִּים Is 17:12 (‖ שְׁאוֹן לְאֻמִּים) where again compared with הֲמוֹת יַמִּים; also 31:4 of throng of shepherds (‖ קוֹל); of a city ה׳ קִרְיָה Jb 39:7 (‖ תְּשֻׁאוֹת נֹגֵשׂ); cf. ה׳ עִיר = noisy city Is 32:14, הֲמוֹנָהּ Is 5:14; of sound of songs ה׳ שִׁירַיִךְ Ez 26:13 (‖ קוֹל כִּנּוֹרַיִךְ), cf. Am 5:23 (‖ זִמְרַת נְבָלֶיךָ); of crying קוֹל ה׳ 1 S 4:14 (‖ קוֹל צְעָקָה); v. further הֲמוֹן מֵעִים fig. of sympathy Is 63:15 (‖ רַחֲמִים), cf. הָמָה 2; of rain קוֹל ה׳ הַגֶּשֶׁם 1 K 18:41, cf. Je 10:13 = 51:16;—of rumbling of chariot-wheels ה׳ גַּלְגִּלָּיו Je 47:3 (‖ קוֹל שַׁעֲטַת פַּרְסוֹת & רַעַשׁ לְרִכְבּוֹ). tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1 S 14:19 2 S 18:29. crowd, multitude (especially freq. in Ez Ch):— frequently of great army Ju 4:7 1 S 14:16 1 K 20:13, 28 Is 29:5(×2) 2 Ch 13:8; 14:10; 20:2, 12, 15, 24; 32:7; cf. Ez 39:11; also 7:12, 13; 30:4 (cf. emend. supr.); on Je 3:23 cf. VB; v. further גֵּיא הֲמוֹן גּוֹג Ez 39:11, 15; Dn 11:10 (ה׳ חֲיָלִים רַבִּים) v 11(×2), 12, 13 (‖ חַיִל גָּדוֹל); also pl. Jo 4:14(×2). of a whole people 2 S 6:19 Is 5:13; 16:14 Ez 7:11, 14; 29:19; 30:10, 15; 31:2, 18; 32:12(×2), 16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32. of any great throng 2 K 7:13(×2) (so MT 25:11, but ‖ Je 52:15 הָאָמוֹן) ψ 42:5 Jb 31:34 (ה׳ רַבָּה) Ez 23:42; ה׳ גּוֹיִם Gn 17:4, 5 (P) cf. Is 29:7, 8; so, under fig. of overwhelming mass of waves Je 51:42. great number, abundance (late) ה׳ נָשִׁים 2 Ch 11:23; for וַיִּשְׁאַל הֲמַוֹן נָשִׁים PerlesAnal. 47 proposes וִיִּשְׂאוּ לָהֶם נ׳ (cf. נשׂא 3 d); of cattle Je 49:32; of things: materials for temple-building 1 Ch 29:16; tithes & gifts 2 Ch 31:10. Hence abundance, wealth, ψ 37:16 cf. Ec 5:9 (‖ כֶּסֶף), Is 60:5 (ה׳ יָם; ‖ חֵיל גּוֹיִם).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 78 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «הָמוֹן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃
Word for word: it.laughs to.[the] tumult of.a.town [the].shouting(s) of.a.driver not it.hears
JPS 1917: He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
טוֹב־מְ֭עַט לַצַּדִּ֑יק מֵ֝הֲמ֗וֹן רְשָׁעִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃
Word for word: [is].good [the].little of the righteous more than.[the].wealth of.wicked.[people] many
JPS 1917: Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance of many wicked.
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