me.gam.mah denotes a gathered mass advancing for violence and taking captives.

The lone attestation presents the term as a gathered mass moving eastward in a violent advance that results in captives.

1. A mass advancing in violence · dominant

   In Habakkuk 1:9, the construct feminine singular form occurs in the clause about faces directed eastward; the verse describes an advance "for violence" and says that captives are gathered like sand. The APB presents this clause with "the horde of their faces is eastward."

   Habakkuk 1:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Habakkuk 1:9, the APB presents the clause as "the horde of their faces is eastward," within a description of violent advance and gathered captives. The term's exact English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond that clause.