H1999 H1999
tumult, roaring sound, loud rushing noise
This word denotes a loud, roaring sound or tumultuous noise. Jeremiah 11:16 uses it to describe 'the sound of a great tumult' accompanying fire consuming a tree (metaphor for God's judgment on Judah). Ezekiel 1:24 employs it for the sound of the living creatures' wings in his vision—'like the sound of a tumult, like the sound of an army camp.' In both cases, the word evokes overwhelming, perhaps chaotic sound—whether judgment's roar or heavenly power's thunder.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The glosses ('tumult, tumulto') capture loud, confused sound. Jeremiah 11:16 combines 'sound of tumult' with fire imagery as God's judgment breaks like a storm on Israel. Ezekiel 1:24 piles up comparisons: the wing-sound is 'like many waters, like the voice of Shaddai, like tumult, like an army camp'—the prophet strains language to convey the overwhelming auditory experience of the vision. The word conveys not just volume but the disordered roar of many sounds merged. 2×
AR["ضَجيجٍ", "ضَجِيجٍ"]·ben["কোলাহলের", "গুঞ্জন"]·DE["[המולה]", "[המלה]"]·EN["a-tumult", "tumult"]·FR["[המולה]", "tumulte"]·heb["המולה"]·HI["कोलाहल", "गरजन-की"]·ID["keributan"]·IT["[המולה]", "[המלה]"]·jav["geger", "gumuruh"]·KO["소란의"]·PT["tumulto"]·RU["шума"]·ES["tumulto"]·SW["makelele", "ya-kishindo"]·TR["gürültünün", "yürürlerken"]·urd["شور", "شور-کی"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הֲמֻלָּה, הֲמוּלָּה n.f. rain - storm (?), rushing or roaring sound (?): קוֹל הֲמוּלָּה גְדֹלָה Je 11:16 sound of a great storm, of wind fanning flames in tree (in fig. of Yahweh’s judgment on Judah); > AVRVDa tumult; קוֹל הֲמֻלָּה כְּקוֹל מַחֲנֶה Ez 1:24 of noise of wings of living creatures in Ezekiel’s vision (del. B Co cf. Hi).