Lexicon :: Strong's H3971 - mᵊ'ûm

מְאוּם

Transliteration

mᵊ'ûm

Pronunciation

moom

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

As if passive participle from an unused root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1137a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מאוּם mʼûwm, moom; usually מוּם mûwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain a blemish (physically or morally):—blemish, blot, spot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3971 in the following manner: blemish (16x), spot (3x), blot (2x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3971 in the following manner: blemish (16x), spot (3x), blot (2x), variant (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

blemish, spot, defect
1. of physical defect
2. of moral stain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

מאוּם mʼûwm, moom; usually מוּם mûwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain a blemish (physically or morally):—blemish, blot, spot.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3971: Abbreviations

† מאוּם noun masculine^{Job 31:7} blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera lectio) apparently original form,.Kö^{ii. 146}); — מ׳ absolute:

1. of physical defect Daniel 1:4.

2. figurative מ׳ דָּבַק בְּכַפַּ׳ Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually

† מוּם noun masculine^{Leviticus 21:17} (= foregoing (above); quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, ); — absolute מ׳ Leviticus 21:17 16 times; suffix מוּמוֺ Proverbs 9:7; מוּמָם Deuteronomy 32:5; — blemish, defect (chiefly H):

1. physical,

a. in man, as excluding from priestly service, Leviticus 21:17,18,21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 21:23; disfiguring man 2 Samuel 14:25, woman Songs 4:7; (in all בְּ היה מ׳); as caused by man upon man Leviticus 24:19,20.

b. in beast (reference to sacrifice) Leviticus 22:20,21,25; Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 15:21 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 17:1 (in all בְּ היה מ׳).

2. figurative of moral blemish Deuteronomy 32:5 (but text very dubious, compare Dr); תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם Job 11:15; of shame of repulse Proverbs 9:7 (|| (קָלוֺן).

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