תָּמַהּ, תָּמֵהַּ (b. h.; cmp. שָׁמַם) [to stand still,] to be astonished, amazed; to wonder; to be undecided. Pesik. R. addit., s. 1 והבריות תֹּומְהִים לומר וכ׳ and men wondered, saying, is such a thing possible? Ib. על דור המגדל אתם תֹּומְהִין וכ׳ you wonder at what occurred to the generation of the tower: has not such a thing occurred &c.? Yalk. Ex. 166 וַיִתְמְהוּ תמיהא גדולה מאד and they wondered exceedingly. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 43ᵃ היה … יושב ותָמֵהַּ בלבו וכ׳ Abraham sat and was undecided in his heart, saying, which shall I choose?; Gen. R. s. 44. Gen. R. s. 12 מלך … ועמד לו תָּמֵיהַּ a king that rebuked his servant, and he stood there confounded. Ib. תמיה אני איך וכ׳ I wonder how great men … could disagree on &c. Yeb. 96ᵇ תמיה אני אם לא וכ׳ I should wonder, if this synagogue did not become an idolatrous temple. Arakh. 16ᵇ תְּמִיהַנִי יש וכ׳ I wonder if there is in this generation &c. Pes. VI, 2 אל תִּתְמֵהּ על אלו do not wonder at that Y. ib. 33ᵇ bot. תמיהני היאך וכ׳ I wonder how R. El. could accept such an answer. Yalk. Ex. 202 תְּמַהּ על עצמה היאך וכ׳ wonder at the very thing, why should leavened matter be forbidden &c.; Pes. 28ᵇ תמה על עצמך (corr. acc.); a. fr.
Hif. - הִתְמִיהַּ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 98 על אלו אתם מַתְמִיהִין you wonder at that? if you were to see היה לכם … להַתְמִיהַּ יותר (not להתמה) you would wonder still more. Pesik. R. s. 28 מַתְמִיהִין (not מתמהין); a. e. —2) to create astonishment, act strangely. Men. 40ᵃ אינו אלא מן המַתְמִיהִין is one of those who make people wonder at their strange conduct; (Ms. M. המוּתְמָהִין Hof. of those wondered at). —3) to love miracles, invent miracles. Yalk. Num. 764 אף אתה מן המַתְמִיהִים art thou, too, of the inventors of miracles?