תָּמַהּ
ta.mah
“to astounded”
Definition
to be in consternation
a primitive root;
- to be astounded, be stunned, be amazed, be dumbfounded 1a) (Qal) to be astounded 1b)(Hithpael) to astonish yourself, be astounded, be astonished at one another
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Occurrences
תָּמַהּ appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded!For I am doing a work in your daysthat you would never believeeven if someone told you.
Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them;they will writhe like a woman in labor.They will look at one another,their faces flushed with fear.
Stop and be astonished;blind yourselves and be sightless;be drunk, but not with wine;stagger, but not from strong drink.
“In that day,” declares the LORD,“the king and officials will lose their courage.The priests will tremble in fear,and the prophets will be astounded.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.