8539. tamah
Strong's Lexicon
tamah: To be astounded, to be amazed, to be astonished

Original Word: תָּמַהּ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tamah
Pronunciation: tah-mah'
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-mah')
Definition: To be astounded, to be amazed, to be astonished
Meaning: to be in consternation

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be astounded or dumbfounded
NASB Translation
amazed (2), astonished (1), astonishment (2), astounded (1), look (1), looked (1), shocked (1), wait (1), wonder (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[תָּמַהּ] verb be astounded, dumbfounded (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic תְּמַהּ, ); —

Qal Perfect3plural תָּמָ֑הוּ Psalm 48:6; Imperfect2masculine singular תִּתְמֶהּ Ecclesiastes 5:7; 3masculine plural יִתְמְהוּ Job 26:11, etc.; Imperative masculine plural תְּמָ֑הוּ Isaiah 29:9; Habakkuk 1:5; — be astounded Isaiah 29:9; Habakkuk 1:5 (see Hithpa`el), Jeremiah 4:9 ("" שׁמם, Niph`al), Psalm 48:6; + מִן causative Job 26:11; + על of thing at which Exodus 5:7; look in astonishment at אִישׁ אֶלרֵֿעֵהוּ ׳ת Genesis 43:33 (J), Isaiah 13:8.

Hithpa`el Imperative masculine plural +

Qal Imperative וְהִתַּמְּהוּ תְּמָהוּ Habakkuk 1:5 (see above), literally astonish yourselves, be astounded but We

Hithpalpel הִתְמַהְמְהוּ; Gr reads infinitive absolute תָּמַהַּ (Marti and others וּתְמָהוּ) for תמהו.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be amazed, be astonished, marvelously, wonder

A primitive root; to be in consternation -- be amazed, be astonished, marvel(-lously), wonder.

Forms and Transliterations
וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ והתמהו ויתמהו ותמהו יִתְמָ֔הוּ יִתְמָֽהוּ׃ יתמהו יתמהו׃ תְּמָ֑הוּ תִּתְמַ֖הּ תָּמָ֑הוּ תמהו תתמה tā·mā·hū taMahu tāmāhū tə·mā·hū teMahu təmāhū tiṯ·mah titMah tiṯmah ū·ṯə·mā·hū uteMahu ūṯəmāhū vaiyitmeHu vehittammeHu veyitmeHu way·yiṯ·mə·hū wayyiṯməhū wə·hit·tam·mə·hū wə·yiṯ·mə·hū wəhittamməhū wəyiṯməhū yiṯ·mā·hū yitMahu yiṯmāhū
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Genesis 43:33
HEB: וְהַצָּעִ֖יר כִּצְעִרָת֑וֹ וַיִּתְמְה֥וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ
NAS: and the men looked at one
KJV: and the men marvelled one
INT: and the youngest to his youth looked and the men one

Job 26:11
HEB: שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃
NAS: tremble And are amazed at His rebuke.
KJV: tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
INT: of heaven tremble amazed his rebuke

Psalm 48:5
HEB: רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃
NAS: [it], then they were amazed; They were terrified,
KJV: They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled,
INT: saw then were amazed were terrified fled

Ecclesiastes 5:8
HEB: בַמְּדִינָ֔ה אַל־ תִּתְמַ֖הּ עַל־ הַחֵ֑פֶץ
NAS: in the province, do not be shocked at the sight;
KJV: in a province, marvel not at the matter:
INT: the province not be shocked over the sight

Isaiah 13:8
HEB: אֶל־ רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יִתְמָ֔הוּ פְּנֵ֥י לְהָבִ֖ים
NAS: like a woman in labor, They will look at one
KJV: as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one
INT: about another will look their faces flames

Isaiah 29:9
HEB: הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּֽעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ
NAS: Be delayed and wait, Blind
KJV: Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out,
INT: be delayed and wait Blind and be blind

Jeremiah 4:9
HEB: הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וְהַנְּבִיאִ֖ים יִתְמָֽהוּ׃
NAS: and the prophets will be astounded.
KJV: and the prophets shall wonder.
INT: and the priests and the prophets will be astounded

Habakkuk 1:5
HEB: בַגּוֹיִם֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ תְּמָ֑הוּ כִּי־
NAS: Observe! Be astonished! Wonder!
KJV: and regard, and wonder marvellously:
INT: the nations Observe be astonished Wonder Because

Habakkuk 1:5
HEB: וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ תְּמָ֑הוּ כִּי־ פֹ֙עַל֙
NAS: Be astonished! Wonder! Because
KJV: and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work
INT: Observe be astonished Wonder Because something

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8539
9 Occurrences


tā·mā·hū — 1 Occ.
tə·mā·hū — 1 Occ.
tiṯ·mah — 1 Occ.
ū·ṯə·mā·hū — 1 Occ.
way·yiṯ·mə·hū — 1 Occ.
wə·hit·tam·mə·hū — 1 Occ.
wə·yiṯ·mə·hū — 1 Occ.
yiṯ·mā·hū — 2 Occ.

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