מאוּם
mʼûwm · moom
to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
Lexicon
Derivation: usually מוּם; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning
to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
- to stain
- a blemish (physically or morally)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blemish, blot, spot.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מאוּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a blemish2 · 9%
- in whom was no blemish2 · 9%
- that hath any blemish1 · 5%
- he be that hath a blemish1 · 5%
- that hath a blemish1 · 5%
- he hath a blemish1 · 5%
- because he hath a blemish1 · 5%
- but whatsoever hath a blemish1 · 5%
- there shall be no blemish1 · 5%
- is in them, and blemishes1 · 5%
- wherein is no blemish1 · 5%
- and if there be any blemish1 · 5%
- blemish1 · 5%
- wherein is blemish1 · 5%
- themselves, their spot1 · 5%
- there was no blemish1 · 5%
- without spot1 · 5%
- and if any blot1 · 5%
- man getteth himself a blot1 · 5%
- there is no spot1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.