Numbers 19:2:17Num.19.2.W17TAB

מוּם

mum

blemish

Transliteration
MUM
Extended
MOOM
IPA
/ˈʔeːn.baː/

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    MUM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    MUM a-SHER

  3. clause

    da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL

  4. sentence

    ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL

Exegesis

The description of the heifer pārah ’ăḏummâh təmîmâh {פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה | pārâh ’ăḏummâh təmîmâh} ‘heifer, red, perfect’ is followed by two asher-clauses specifying sacrificial purity: ’asher-’ên-bāh-mūm {אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם | ’asher-’ên-bāh-mūm} ‘in which there is no blemish’ and ’asher-lô-’ālâh-’āleyhā-’ôl {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל | ’asher-lô-’ālâh-’āleyhā-’ôl} ‘upon which no yoke has come’, emphasizing non-servitude. English renders preserve the Hebrew sequence and legal imperative tone while clarifying clause functions.

In contextNumbers 19:2

This is the statute of the instruction which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they may take for you a red heifer , perfect, in which there is no blemish and upon which no yoke has ever come.

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 19:2, 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 Num.19.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.2.W17.S1) and character.