hamam · throw into confusion

What it means

hamam (הָמַם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “throw into confusion”.

Throw into panic, rout an army.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. God strikes the enemy with panic.
2. To roll noisily, or grind down.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• threw them into confusion ×5
• throw them into ×3
• threw into confusion ×2
• I will throw into confusion ×1
• he has crushed me ×1
• rout them ×1
• though he drives ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 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

• Exodus 14:24

  In the morning watch, YHWH looked down on the camp of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and threw into confusion the camp of the Egyptians.

• Exodus 23:27

  My terror I will send before you, and I will throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

• Deuteronomy 2:15

  Also the hand of YHWH was against them to throw them into confusion from the midst of the camp, until they were finished.

• Deuteronomy 7:23

  But YHWH your Elohim will deliver them before you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

• Joshua 10:10

  And YHWH threw them into confusion before Israel, and he struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and as far as Makkedah.

• Judges 4:15

  YHWH threw into confusion Sisera and all the chariots and all the camp with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from the chariot and fled on foot.

• 1 Samuel 7:10

  And it happened, as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, that the Philistines drew near for war against Israel; and YHWH thundered with a great voice on that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were struck down before Israel.

• 2 Samuel 22:15

  He sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning, and threw them into confusion.

• 2 Chronicles 15:6

  Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for Elohim threw them into confusion with every distress.

• Esther 9:24

  For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to make them perish, and had cast Pur —that is, the lot— to throw them into turmoil and to make them perish.

• Psalms 18:14

  He sent out his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts, and threw them into confusion.

• Psalms 144:6

  Flash lightning, and scatter them; send your arrows, and rout them.

• Isaiah 28:28

  Bread grain is crushed, but he does not keep threshing it forever; and though he drives the wheel of his cart and his horses, he does not crush it.

• Jeremiah 51:34

  “He has devoured me, he has crushed me, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he has set me down as an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like the sea monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has driven me out.