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Lexicon :: Strong's H3971 - mᵊ'ûm

Aa
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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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - “Speak H1696 to Aaron H175, saying H559, ‘None H3808 H376 of your [fn]descendants H2233 throughout their generations H1755 who H834 has H1961 an impairment H3971 shall approach H7126 to offer H7126 the food H3899 of his God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - ‘For no H3808 H3605 one H376 who H834 has an impairment H3971 shall approach H7126: a man H376 who is blind H5787, or H176 one who limps H6455, or H176 one who has a slit H2763 nose H2763, or H176 one with H8311 any conspicuous H8311 feature H8311,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:21 - ‘No H3808 H3605 man H376 among H4480 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 who H834 has an impairment H3971 is to come H5066 forward H5066 to offer H7126 the LORD’S H3068 offerings H801 by H801 fire H801; since he has an impairment H3971, he shall not come H5066 forward H5066 to offer H7126 the food H3899 of his God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - only H389 he shall not come H935 up to the veil H6532 or approach H5066 the altar H4196, since H3588 he has an impairment H3971, so that he does not profane H2490 My sanctuaries H4720. For I am the LORD H3068 who sanctifies H6942 them.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:20 - ‘Whatever H3605 H834 has a defect H3971, you shall not offer H7126, for it will not be accepted H7522 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - ‘When H3588 someone H376 offers H7126 a sacrifice H2077 of peace H8002 offerings H8002 to the LORD H3068 to fulfill H6381 a H6381 special H6381 vow H5088 or H176 for a [fn]voluntary H5071 offering H5071, [fn]of the herd H1241 or H176 [fn]of the flock H6629, it must be without H8549 defect H8549 to be accepted H7522; there shall be no H3808 H3605 defect H3971 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - nor H3808 shall you offer H7126 any H4480 H3605 of these H428 animals taken from the hand H3027 of a [fn]foreigner H1121 H5236 as the [fn]food H3899 of your God H430; for their deformity H4893 is in them, they have an impairment H3971. They will not be accepted H7521 for you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19 - ‘If H3588 someone H376 injures H5414 H3971 his neighbor H5997, just H834 as H834 he has done H6213, so H3651 shall it be done H6213 to him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - fracture H7667 for fracture H7667, eye H5869 for eye H5869, tooth H8127 for tooth H8127; just H834 as H834 he has injured H5414 H3971 a person H120, so H3651 shall it be [fn]inflicted H5414 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “This H2088 is the statute H2708 of the law H8451 which H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 that they bring H3947 you an unblemished H8549 red H122 heifer H6510 in which H834 there is no H369 defect H3971 and on which H834 a yoke H5923 has never H3808 [fn]been mounted H5927.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if H3588 it has H1961 any impairment H3971, such as a limp H6455, or H176 blindness H5787, or any H3605 serious H7451 impairment H3971, you shall not sacrifice H2076 it to the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 -

“You shall not sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 an ox H7794 or a sheep H7716 which H834 has H1961 a blemish H3971 or any H3605 [fn]defect H1697 H7451, for that is a detestable H8441 thing H8441 to the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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“[fn]They have acted H7843 corruptly H7843 against Him,

They are not His children H1121, because of their defect H3971;

But are a perverse H6141 and crooked H6618 generation H1755.

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Now in all H3605 Israel H3478 there was no H3808 one H376 as handsome H3303 as Absalom H53, so highly H3966 praised H1984; from the sole H3709 of his foot H7272 to the top H6936 of H6936 his head H6936 there was no H3808 impairment H3971 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:15 -

Then H227, indeed H3588, you could lift H5375 up H5375 your face H6440 without H4480 moral blemish H3971,

And you would be firmly H3332 established H3332 and not fear H3372.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 -

“If H518 my step H838 has turned H5186 from the way H1870,

Or my heart H3820 [fn]followed H310 H1980 my eyes H5869,

Or if any spot H3971 has stuck H1692 to my hands H3709,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 -

One who corrects H3256 a scoffer H3887 gets H3947 dishonor H7036 for himself,

And one who rebukes H3198 a wicked H7563 person H7563 gets [fn]insults H3971 for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:7 -

“You are altogether H3605 beautiful H3303, my darling H7474,

And there H369 is H369 no H369 blemish H3971 on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths H3206 in whom H834 there was no H369 H3605 impairment H3971, who were good-looking H2896 H4758, suitable H7919 for H7919 instruction H7919 in every H3605 kind of expertise H2451, endowed H3045 with understanding H995 and discerning H995 knowledge H4093, and who H834 had ability H3581 to [fn]serve H5975 in the king’s H4428 [fn]court H1964; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach H3925 them the [fn]literature H5612 and language H3956 of the Chaldeans H3778.
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