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Lexicon :: Strong's H3972 - mᵊ'ûmâ

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מְאוּמָה
Transliteration
mᵊ'ûmâ
Pronunciation
meh-oo'-maw
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Part of Speech
indefinite pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a form of מְאוּם (H3971)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1136

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: מאומה.

Strong’s Definitions

מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh, meh-oo'-maw; apparently a form of H3971; properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing:—fault, no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3972 in the following manner: any thing (12x), nothing (9x), ought (5x), any (2x), fault (1x), harm (1x), nought (1x), somewhat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3972 in the following manner: any thing (12x), nothing (9x), ought (5x), any (2x), fault (1x), harm (1x), nought (1x), somewhat (1x).

  1. anything

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh, meh-oo'-maw; apparently a form of H3971; properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing:—fault, no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.
STRONGS H3972: Abbreviations
מְא֫וּמָה 32 pronoun indefinite anything (according to Thes from מָה וּמָה, like quidquid, against which is the Mil`el tone; according to Ol254, 255, 386 Köii. 146 an old accusative from מאוּם in sense of speck, particle, compare French point: in Assyrian manman (properly who ? who ?), assimilated mamman, or manma (man, who ? + generalizing ma), mamma, is any one, minma (min, what ? + ma), mimma, is anything, Dl§ 60, HWB 418 f; WSG 125 f.); — anything, usually in negative sentences, as Genesis 22:12 ואלתֿעשׂ לו מאומה (euphem. for something bad), Genesis 30:31 מאומה לֹאתִֿתֶּןלִֿי, Genesis 39:6, 9; Genesis 40:15 (euphemism), 1 Samuel 12:4, 5; 1 Samuel 20:26, 39; 1 Samuel 25:7, 15, 21; 1 Samuel 29:3 etc., Judges 14:6 ומאומה אין בידו, Ecclesiastes 5:14 לא ישׂא בעמלו ומ׳ 1 Kings 18:43 אין מ׳ literally nought of anything ! Jeremiah 39:12 ואל תעשׂ לו מאומה רָּע; strengthened by כֹּל † Genesis 39:23; 2 Samuel 3:35; after אִם = surely not, 2 Samuel 3:35; in interrogative sentence Numbers 22:38; in affirm. sentence Deuteronomy 24:10 כִּיתַֿשֶּׁה בְרֵעֲךָ מַשֵּׁאת מ׳ a pledge of (= consisting in) anything, 2 Samuel 13:2 (euphemism), 2 Kings 5:20. Used adverbially, 1 Samuel 21:3 את הדבר אישׁ אל ידע מ׳ let no one know of the matter in anything at all.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:12; 30:31; 39:6; 39:9; 39:23; 40:15

Numbers

22:38

Deuteronomy

24:10

Judges

14:6

1 Samuel

12:4; 12:5; 20:26; 20:39; 21:3; 25:7; 25:15; 25:21; 29:3

2 Samuel

3:35; 3:35; 13:2

1 Kings

18:43

2 Kings

5:20

Ecclesiastes

5:14

Jeremiah

39:12

H3972

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3972 matches the Hebrew מְאוּמָה (mᵊ'ûmâ),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:31 - “What wages do you want?” Laban asked again.
Jacob replied, “Don’t give me anything. Just do this one thing, and I’ll continue to tend and watch over your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat!
Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The LORD was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - Balaam replied, “Look, now I have come, but I have no power to say whatever I want. I will speak only the message that God puts in my mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:10 - “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:6 - At that moment the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he ripped the lion’s jaws apart with his bare hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he didn’t tell his father or mother about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:4 - “No,” they replied, “you have never cheated or oppressed us, and you have never taken even a single bribe.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - “The LORD and his anointed one are my witnesses today,” Samuel declared, “that my hands are clean.”
“Yes, he is a witness,” they replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:26 - Saul didn’t say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, “Something must have made David ceremonially unclean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:39 - He, of course, suspected nothing; only Jonathan and David understood the signal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - “The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - I am told that it is sheep-shearing time. While your shepherds stayed among us near Carmel, we never harmed them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - These men have been very good to us, and we never suffered any harm from them. Nothing was stolen from us the whole time they were with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:21 - David had just been saying, “A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - But the Philistine commanders demanded, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
And Achish told them, “This is David, the servant of King Saul of Israel. He’s been with me for years, and I’ve never found a single fault in him from the day he arrived until today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.”
The servant went and looked, then returned to Elijah and said, “I didn’t see anything.”
Seven times Elijah told him to go and look.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, “My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting any of his gifts. As surely as the LORD lives, I will chase after him and get something from him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:14 - Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:14 - Enjoy prosperity while you can,
but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:10 - But Nebuzaradan left a few of the poorest people in Judah, and he assigned them vineyards and fields to care for.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:12 - “See that he isn’t hurt,” he said. “Look after him well, and give him anything he wants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.
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