H1995. hamon

הָמוֺן‎ noun masculine^{1 Samuel 4:14} (feminine Job 31:34) sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance; — absolute ׳ה‎ 1 Samuel 4:14 27t. ( + 2 Kings 25:11 = אָמוֺן‎ in "" Jeremiah 52:15, see II. אָמוֺן‎ above); construct הֲמוֺן‎ Genesis 17:14 30t. + Ezekiel 39:11, 15 (גּוֺג הֲמוֺן גֵּיא‎); suffix הֲמוֺנוֺ‎ Isaiah 5:13 2t. + Ezekiel 31:18 Qr + 3 t. (Kt המונה‎); so also Co for proper name (?) הֲמוֺנָה‎ (q. v.) 39:16; הַמוֺנָהּ‎ Isaiah 5:14 6t. + Ezekiel 7:12-13, 30:4 (all strike out B Co; in 7:13 also Da), הֲמֹנָהּ‎ 29:19; הֲמוֺנָם‎ Isaiah 31:4; Ezekiel 7:11; plural הֲמֹנִים‎ Joel 4:14 (twice in verse); suffix הֲמוֺנֶיהָ‎ 32:30; — הֲמָנְכֶם‎ 5:7 see below המן‎ below; —

1 sound, murmur, rush, roar, especially sound made by a crowd of people, murmur, roar Psalm 65:8 ׳ה לְאֻמִּים‎ ("" יַמִּים שְׁאוֺן‎ etc.); compare ה ׳קוֺל‎ Isaiah 13:4 sound of a roaring ("" שְׁאוֺן קוֺל‎), 33:3; Daniel 10:6; עַמִּים הֲמוֺן‎ Isaiah 17:12 ("" לְאֻמִּים שְׁאוֺן‎) where again compared with יַמִּים הֲמוֺת‎; also 31:4 of throng of shepherds ("" קוֺל‎); of a city קִרְיָה ׳ה‎ Job 39:7 ("" נֹגֵשׂ תְּשֻׁאוֺת‎); compare ׳ה עִיר‎ = noisy city Isaiah 32:14, הֲמוֺנָהּ‎ 5:14; of sound of songs ׳ה שִׁירַיִךְ‎ Ezekiel 26:13 ("" כִנּוֺרַיִךְ קוֺל‎), compare Amos 5:23 ("" נְבָלֶיךָ זִמְרַת‎); of crying ה ׳קוֺל‎ 1 Samuel 4:14 ("" קוֺל‎) צְעָקָה‎; see further מֵעִים הֲמוֺן‎ figurative of sympathy Isaiah 63:15 ("" רַחֲמִים‎), compare הָמָה‎

2; of rain ה ׳קוֺל הַגֶּשֶׁם‎ 1 Kings 18:41, compare Jeremiah 10:13 = 51:16; — of rumbling of chariot-wheels ׳ה גַּלְגִּלָּיו‎ 47:3 ("" מַּרְסוֺת שַׁעֲטַת קוֺל‎ & לְרִכְבּוֺ רַעַשׁ‎). 2 tumult, confusion (as occasioning a roar) 1 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 18:29.

3 crowd, multitude (especially frequently in Ezra, Chronicles): —

a. frequently of great army Judges 4:7; 1 Samuel 14:16; 1 Kings 20:13, 28; Isaiah 29:5 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 13:8; 14:10; 20:2, 12, 15, 24; 32:7; compare Ezekiel 39:11; also 7:12-13, 30:4 (compare emendation above); on Jeremiah 3:23 compare VB; see further גּוֺג הֲמוֺן גֵּיא‎ Ezekiel 39:11, 15; Daniel 11:10 (׳ה רַבִּים חֲיָלִים‎) 11:11 11:11; 11:12; 11:13 ("" גָּדוֺל חַיִל‎); also plural Joel 4:14 (twice in verse).

b. of a whole people 2 Samuel 6:19; Isaiah 5:13; 16:14; Ezekiel 7:11, 14; 29:19; 30:10, 15; 31:2, 18; 32:12 (twice in verse); 32:16, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32

c. of any great throng 2 Kings 7:13 (twice in verse) (so ᵑ0‎ 25:11, but "" Jeremiah 52:15 הָאָמוֺן‎) Psalm 42:5; Job 31:34 (׳ה רַבָּה‎) Ezekiel 23:42; ׳ה גּוֺיִם‎ Genesis 17:4-5, (P) compare Isaiah 29:7-8, so, under figure of overwhelming mass of waves Jeremiah 51:42.

4 great number, abundance (late) ׳ה נָשִׁים‎2 Chronicles 11:23 **for נָשִׁים הֲמַוֺן וַיִּשְׁאַל‎ Perles^{Anal. 47} proposes נ לָהֶם ׳וִיִּשְׂאוּ‎ (compare נשׂא‎ 3d); of cattle Jeremiah 49:32; of things: materials for temple-building 1 Chronicles 29:16; tithes & gifts 2 Chronicles 31:10. Hence

5 abundance, wealth, Psalm 37:16 compare Ecclesiastes 5:9 ("" כֶּסֶף‎), Isaiah 60:5 (׳ה יָם‎; "" גּוֺיִם חֵיל‎).