נָהַםnâham
growl, groan
Pronunciation: naw-ham' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5098
Meanings
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Proverbs 5:11 In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body.
- Proverbs 28:15 A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a roaring lion or an attacking bear.
- Isaiah 5:29 They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.
- Isaiah 5:30 They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.
- Ezekiel 24:23 Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will groan among yourselves for all the evil you have done.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).