נְהָמָה
nehama · groaning
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5100 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nehama (נְהָמָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “groaning”.
Roaring, a hoarse groan: the sound wrung out by a very great pain.
How to say it
ne·ha·ma
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
- A deep, loud roar, like the sea's or a pained heart's.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- because of the growling ×1
- like the growling ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 38:8
I am numb and crushed greatly; I roar because of the growling of my heart.
- Isaiah 5:30
And it will growl over it on that day like the growling of the sea; and one will look to the land, and look, darkness and distress, and the light is darkened by its clouds.