הָמוֹן (hāman) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning sound. It appears
85 times
in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1995).
Also rendered
rage
crowd
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 505a)
Root family 505: הָמָהhāmâ — cry aloud, mourn, rage, roar, sound; make noise, tumult; be clamorous, disquieted, loud, moved, troubled, in an uproar. (RSV also growl, howl, be in turmoil, moan, thrill, yearn, beat wildly, thunder, et al.; ASV similar.)