H1899 H1899
rumbling, growling, moaning; a sigh or sound of distress
A noun evoking low, ominous sounds. It describes the 'rumbling' of thunder as God's voice (Job 37:2), the brevity of human life 'like a sigh' (Ps 90:9), and the content of Ezekiel's scroll: 'lamentations and mourning and woe' (Ezek 2:10). The multilingual glosses capture the affective register: Spanish suspiro y gemido, French murmure, German sigh. The word conveys both natural phenomena (thunder) and human expressions of grief or transience.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The noun spans acoustic and emotional domains: the deep rumble of thunder (Job 37:2), the fleeting sound of a human sigh marking life's brevity (Ps 90:9), and the mournful utterances inscribed on a prophetic scroll (Ezek 2:10). The cross-lingual glosses highlight both the auditory quality (murmur, rumble) and the plaintive tone (sigh, mourning). 3×
AR["تَنَهُّدَةٍ", "وَ-الْهَدِيرَ", "وَ-نَحيبٍ"]·ben["আর-গর্জন", "ও-বিলাপ", "দীর্ঘশ্বাস"]·DE["[והגה]", "ein-sigh"]·EN["a-sigh", "and-mourning", "and-the-rumbling"]·FR["et-murmure", "et-והגה", "le-murmure"]·heb["הגה", "ו-הגה"]·HI["और-गड़गड़ाहट", "और-शोक", "बुदबुदाहट"]·ID["dan-gemuruh", "dan-keluh-kesah", "desahan"]·IT["[הגה]", "[והגה]", "e-e-il-rumbling"]·jav["kluh", "lan-gemuruh", "lan-sesambat"]·KO["그리고-소리가", "그리고-탄식", "한숨-처럼"]·PT["e-gemido", "e-o-rugido", "um-suspiro"]·RU["вздох", "и-рокот", "и-стоны"]·ES["suspiro", "y-gemido", "y-murmullo"]·SW["na-huzuni", "na-mngurumo", "uvumisho"]·TR["inilti", "ve-inılti", "ve-uğultu"]·urd["آہ", "اور-گنگناہٹ", "و-ماتم"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הֶ֫גֶה n.m. Jb 37:2 a rumbling, growling, moaning:—ה׳ abs. Ez 2:10 + 2 times;— 1. a rumbling, growling sound וְה׳ מִפִּיו יֵצֵא Jb 37:2 of thunder, as sound going forth from God’s mouth. 2. a moaning קִינִים וָה׳ וָהִי Ez 2:10 lamentations and moaning and woe. 3. a sigh or moan, as transient, כִּלִּינוּ שָׁנֵינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶ֑גֶה ψ 90:9 we bring our years to an end as a sigh, i.e. a fleeting sound (cf. RVm VB).