Deuteronomy 15:21:8Deut.15.21.W8TAB

מ֣וּם

mum

blemish

Transliteration
MUM
Extended
MOOM
IPA
/ˈmuːm/

Meaning by language

English
blemish

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    MUM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MUM RA

  3. clause

    ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA

  4. sentence

    ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA LO tiz-ba-KHE-nu la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

Exegesis

A triad of disqualifying conditions follows: pisseach {פִּסֵּ֙חַ֙ | pis·sêaḥ} ‘lame’, linked by o {אוֹ | ’ō} ‘or’ to ivver {עִوֵּ֔ר | ’î·wêr} ‘blind’, and then kol mum ra {כֹּ֖ל מ֣וּם רָ֑ע | kōl mūm rā‘} ‘any bad defect’, creating a cumulative effect.

Root and etymology

Rootm-w-m

blemish

In contextDeuteronomy 15:21

But if there is in it a defect —lame or blind or any bad defect—you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 15:21, so the Hebrew word מ֣וּם (mum) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.15.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.21.W8.S1) and character.