Leviticus 21:18:4Lev.21.18.W4TAB

מוּם

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

    ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV

  3. clause

    KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV

  4. 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 contextLeviticus 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.