מאוּם
mûm
blemish
Strong's H3971NounHebrewTWOT 1137a

מאוּם (mûm) is a Hebrew noun meaning blemish. It appears 22 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3971).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1137a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1137a)blemish, defect; blot, spot
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מאוּם noun, masculine: blemish, defect

מוּם noun, masculine: blemish, defect

(= foregoing [m.ad.ab]) blemish, defect

Strong's H3971 מאוּם: a blemish (physically or morally)
KJV:blemish, blot, spot.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1137: מאם mʾm — black

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 21:17Numbers 19:2Deuteronomy 15:21

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