Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3971
מאוּם
mummoom
blemish; blemish
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mʼûwm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3971is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3971
to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
The King James renders it: blemish, blot, spot.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mum is rendered "blemish; blemish". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "blemish".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 21:17“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.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
“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.
Leviticus 21:17מ֔וּם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's twenty-one uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: blemish, and blemish.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| blemishStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLeviticus 21:17“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come… |
| blemishStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a blemish14
- blemish3
- and blemish1
- blemish their1
- defect his1
- from blemish1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מ֖וּם4
- מ֣וּם4
- מ֔וּם3
- מ֗וּם2
- וּמ֖וּם1
- מֻאֽוּם׃ פ1
- מוּם֙1
- מוּם֩1
- מֽוּם׃1
- מוּמֽוֹ׃1
- מוּמָ֑ם1
- מִמּ֑וּם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular17HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
Leviticus
ten uses
“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.
- מ֔וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
- מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
No 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.
- מ֗וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
- מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
but 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.’”
- מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
- מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
When 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.
- מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: blemish
Neither 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.’”
- מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
- מ֖וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
- מוּם֙mumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
Numbers
one use
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
- מ֔וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
Deuteronomy
four uses
But 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.
- מ֗וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
- מ֣וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: blemish
You 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.
- מ֔וּםmumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
- מוּמָ֑םmumamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: blemish their
2 Samuel
one use
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
- מֽוּם׃mumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
Job
two uses
then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
- מִמּ֑וּםmimumpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from blemish
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- מֻאֽוּם׃ פmuumnoun · masculine singulartagged: a blemish
Proverbs
one use
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- מוּמֽוֹ׃mumonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: defect his
Song of Solomon
one use
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
- וּמ֖וּםumumconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and blemish
Daniel
one use
young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
- מוּם֩meumnoun · masculine singulartagged: blemish
The letters
Gematria 87· 647 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.