Word

מאוּם

mʼûwm · H3971 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences

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Meanings

blemish, defect

State in which humans or animals have a physical defect on their body

Examples
Leviticus 21:17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘None of your descendants throughout their generations who has an impairment shall approach to offer the food of his God.
Leviticus 21:18 ‘For no one who has an impairment shall approach: a man who is blind, or one who limps, or one who has a slit nose, or one with any conspicuous feature,
Leviticus 21:21 ‘No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has an impairment is to come forward to offer the LORD’S offerings by fire; since he has an impairment, he shall not come forward to offer the food of his God.
stain

Literally: blemish, defect; hence: state in which humans are guilty of misbehavior, which is a stain on their reputation

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:5 “They have acted corruptly against Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.
Job 11:15 Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral blemish, And you would be firmly established and not fear.
Job 31:7 “If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּhis 1
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 3 groups

עִוֵּרblind 1
פִּסֵּחַlame 1
רַעevil, bad 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 2 groups

מאוּםblemish 2
דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1

What it doesIt is the subject

6 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 5
דָּבַקto cling, to cleave 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2

What it is said to bePredicate

9 occurrences in 3 groups

וֹhim 5
אַיִןthere is no, not 3
הֶםthem 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִןfrom 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Impact002001001024: מאוּם denotes a blemish or blot, often the physical mark left by an injury or defect, as reflected in its gloss 'spot,' tying the word to a mark caused by damage or impact.
Bear002003003003: The word describes a physical or moral defect that disqualifies, such as blemishes barring a sacrificial animal or a priest from service (e.g. Leviticus 21:17-21), tying the defect to a condition one carries or bears.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3971. mum מאוּם noun masculineJob 31:7 blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although…

H3971. mum
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 Dan 1:4.
2 figurative מ דָּבַק ׳בְּכַמַּי Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually
מוּם
noun masculineLev 21:17 (= foregoing; quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, ); — absolute ׳מ Lev 21:17 Lev 21:16t.; suffix מוּמוֺ Pro 9:7; מוּמָם Deu 32:5; — blemish, defect (chiefly H):
1 physical,
a. in man, as excluding from priestly service, Lev 21:17-18, Lev 21:21 (twice in verse); Lev 21:23; disfiguring man 2Sa 14:25, woman Son 4:7; (in all מ ׳היה בְּ); as caused by man upon man Lev 24:19-20,.
b. in beast (reference to sacrifice) Lev 22:20-21, Lev 22:25; Num 19:2; Deu 15:21 (twice in verse); Deu 17:1 (in all מ ׳היה בְּ).
2 figurative of moral blemish Deu 32:5 (but text very dubious, compare Dr); מִמּוּם פָנֶיךָ תִּשָּׂא Job 11:15; of shame of repulse Pro 9:7 ׅ || (קָלוֺן.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Impact18 occurrences Bear3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0