תָּמַהּtâmahh

be astounded, dumbfounded

Pronunciation: taw-mah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8539

Meanings

Qal: be astounded (Psalms 48:6; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Job 26:11)

Hithpa`el: astonish yourselves, be astounded (Habakkuk 1:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 43:33 Joseph told each of his brothers where to sit, and to their amazement, he seated them according to age, from oldest to youngest.
  • Job 26:11 The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.
  • Psalms 48:5 But when they saw it, they were stunned; they were terrified and ran away.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
  • Isaiah 13:8 and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.
  • Isaiah 29:9 Are you amazed and incredulous? Don’t you believe it? Then go ahead and be blind. You are stupid, but not from wine! You stagger, but not from liquor!
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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).