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H5098

נָהַם

na.hamH:V

to groan

1) to growl, groan 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to growl (of lion) 1a2) to groan (of sufferer)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[נָהַם] verb growl, groan (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Aramaic , נְהַם); —

Qal Perfect וְנָהַמְתָּ֫ Prov 5:11 וּנְהַמְתֶּם Ezek 24:23 Imperfect יִנְהֹם Isa 5:29; Isa 5:30 Participle נֹהֵם Prov 28:15 —
1. growl, of a lion (namely while it is devouring its prey: opposed to שׁאנ, of roar with which it springs upon it RSProph. 243) Prov 28:15, of Assyr. (under figure of lion) Isa 5:29 followed by עַל (over), vIsa 5:30.
2. groan, of sufferer Prov 5:11; Ezek 24:23.

5 occurrences

Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1)