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Lexicon :: Strong's H3971 - mᵊ'ûm

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מְאוּם
Transliteration
mᵊ'ûm
Pronunciation
moom
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
As if passive participle from an unused root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1137a

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).
  1. 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.
STRONGS H3971: Abbreviations
מאוּם noun masculineJob 31:7 blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera lectio) apparently original form,.Köii. 146); — מ׳ absolute:
1. of physical defect Daniel 1:4.
2. figurative מ׳ דָּבַק בְּכַפַּ׳ Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually

מוּם noun masculineLeviticus 21:17 (= foregoing (above); quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, bdb054801); — 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

21:17; 21:17; 21:17; 21:18; 21:21; 21:23; 22:20; 22:21; 22:25; 24:19; 24:20

Numbers

19:2

Deuteronomy

15:21; 17:1; 32:5; 32:5

2 Samuel

14:25

Job

11:15; 31:7; 31:7

Proverbs

9:7; 9:7

Song of Songs

4:7

Daniel

1:4

H3971

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3971 matches the Hebrew מְאוּם (mᵊ'ûm),
which occurs 22 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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