Words the Bible translates as growl
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hamahהָמָהto make a loud, restless sound: to roar, growl, moan, or be in an uproar
- hagahהָגָהto make a low, sustained sound deep in the throat; to give something voice under your breath, whether a growl, a moan, a mutter, or words said over and over to yourself.
- ḥaratsחָרַץto whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites
+1 more meaning
- to settle a matter by cutting it off: to decide, determine, or decree, so that the outcome is fixed and cannot be reopened
- na'arנָעַרto growlnot studied yet
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