Word Study · Strong's H3971 · Hebrew
מאוּם
mum
moom
Strong's 1890 spelling: mʼûwm
“to stain”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
Rendered in the KJV as
blemish, blot, spot.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- מ֖וּם4
- מ֣וּם4
- מ֔וּם3
- מ֗וּם2
- וּמ֖וּם1
- מֻאֽוּם׃ פ1
- מוּם֙1
- מוּם֩1
- מֽוּם׃1
- מוּמֽוֹ׃1
- מוּמָ֑ם1
- מִמּ֑וּם1
How it is rendered · 7
- a blemish13
- blemish3
- [is] a blemish1
- and [is] blemish1
- blemish their1
- defect his1
- from blemish1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular17
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 17
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Leviticus10 of 21 · 48%
- Deuteronomy4 of 21 · 19%
- Job2 of 21 · 10%
- Numbers1 of 21 · 5%
- 2 Samuel1 of 21 · 5%
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Leviticus10 occurrences
- Leviticus 21:17מ֔וּםmumnoun · masculine singular“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.here: a blemish
- Leviticus 21:18מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singularNo man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;here: a blemish
- Leviticus 21:21מ֗וּםmumnoun · masculine singularNo descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.here: a blemish
- Leviticus 21:21מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singularNo descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.here: a blemish
- Leviticus 21:23מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singularbut because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”here: a blemish
- Leviticus 22:20מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singularYou must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.here: a blemish
- Leviticus 22:21מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singularWhen a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.here: blemish
- Leviticus 22:25מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singularNeither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”here: a blemish
- Leviticus 24:19מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singularIf anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:here: a blemish
- Leviticus 24:20מוּם֙mumnoun · masculine singularfracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.here: a blemish
Deuteronomy4 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 15:21מ֗וּםmumnoun · masculine singularBut if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.here: a blemish
- Deuteronomy 15:21מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singularBut if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.here: blemish
- Deuteronomy 17:1מ֔וּםmumnoun · masculine singularYou shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.here: a blemish
- Deuteronomy 32:5מוּמָ֑םmumamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralHis people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.here: blemish their
Job2 occurrences
- Job 11:15מִמּ֑וּםmimumpreposition + noun · masculine singularthen indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.here: from blemish
- Job 31:7מֻאֽוּם׃ פmuumnoun · masculine singularIf my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,here: a blemish
