המון

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ה־מ־ה (h-m-h)

From the root ה־מ־ה .

Pronunciation

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Noun

הָמוֹן • (hamón) m (plural indefinite הֲמוֹנִים, singular construct הֲמוֹן־, plural construct הֲמוֹנֵי־)

1. A crowd, a mass (of people).
2. (colloquial) Plenty, lots, loads, tons (of).

   אכלתי המון פיצה. ― akhálti hamón pítsa. ― I ate lots of pizza.

Derived terms

• הֲמוֹנִי (hamoní)
• המונמון (hamonmón)

Further reading

• H1995 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible