רוּם
rûwm · room
(literally) elevation or (figuratively) elation
Lexicon
Derivation: or רֻם; from H7311 (רוּם);
(literally) elevation or (figuratively) elation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: haughtiness, height, [idiom] high.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּם 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the haughtiness3 · 50%
- an high1 · 17%
- for height1 · 17%
- of his high1 · 17%
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.