ne.ha.mah denotes an audible expression of distress or force, heard as personal sighing and sea-like roaring.

The two construct-form occurrences depict a voiced sound: personal sighing before the LORD in Psalm 38:9 and sea-like roaring amid darkness and distress in Isaiah 5:30.

1. Voiced sighing or roaring · dominant

   Both occurrences are feminine singular construct nouns. In Psalm 38:9 the form occurs in the speaker's statement that his sighing is not hidden from the LORD; in Isaiah 5:30 it is linked with the sea's roaring as darkness and distress cover the land.

   Psalm 38:9Isaiah 5:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses with “my sighing” in Psalm 38:9 and “the roaring of the sea” in Isaiah 5:30. These phrases show the verses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.