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Bible Lexicons
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Strong's #3971 - מאוּם
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- blemish, spot, defect
- of physical defect
- of moral stain
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1289) mm (ממ MM) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?
D) mam (מאמ MAM) AC: ? CO: Blemish AB: Nothing: Anything that is considered useless or without value. A blemish that causes something to be valueless.
dm) mfam (מאומ MAWM) - Blemish: KJV (22): blemish, spot, blot - Strongs: H3971 (מאוּם)
df1) emfam (מאומה MAWMH) - Nothing: KJV (32): anything, nothing, ought, any, fault, harm, nought, somewhat - Strongs: H3972 (מְאוּמָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 of physical defect Daniel 1:4.
2 figurative׳בְּכַמַּי דָּבַק מ Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually
מוּם
noun masculine Leviticus 21:17 (= foregoing; quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, ); — absolute ׳מ Leviticus 21:17 16t.; suffix מוּמוֺ Proverbs 9:7; מוּמָם Deuteronomy 32:5; — blemish, defect (chiefly H):
1 physical,
a. in Prayer of Manasseh , as excluding from priestly service, Leviticus 21:17,18,21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 21:23; disfiguring Prayer of Manasseh 2Samuel 14:25, woman Song of Solomon 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.
מאוּם for מְאוּם, commonly contr. מוּם (which see) a spot, a blemish. Daniel 1:4 [כ׳]; Job 31:7.