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Isaiah 5:30

“And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָהַםnâham · naw-ham'
H5098 · Hebrew

Definition: to growl
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: mourn, roar(-ing).
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
יִנְהֹ֥ם — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqi3ms
Usage: Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Proverbs 5:11 Proverbs 28:15 Isaiah 5:29 Ezekiel 24:23

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 29

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.