Leviticus 21:18:4Lev.21.18.W4TAB
מוּם
mum
“blemish”
- Transliteration
- MUM
- Extended
- MOOM
- IPA
- /ˈmuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- blemish
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MUM
- phraseyour reading level
ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV
- clause
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV
- sentence
KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a
Exegesis
The phrase kol-ish {כָל־אִישׁ | qōl-ʾîš} ‘every man’ is specified by the relative clause asher-bo {אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ | ʾă-šer-bō} ‘who has in him’ plus the noun mum {מוּם | mūm} ‘defect’.
Root and etymology
mem-vav-memmem vav mem
“defect; blemish”
In context — Leviticus 21:18
For any man who has a defect shall not come near: a man who is blind, or lame, or mutilated in face , or a limb too long.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 21:18, so the Hebrew word מוּם (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 Lev.21.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.18.W4.S1) and character.