King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3971
Transliteration: mum
Phonetic Spelling: (moom)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: blemish, defect
Meaning: to stain, a blemish
Word Summary
mum: blemish, defect
Original Word: מאוּםTransliteration: mum
Phonetic Spelling: (moom)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: blemish, defect
Meaning: to stain, a blemish
Strong's Concordance
blemish, blot, spot Usually muwm {moom}; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain; a blemish (physically or morally) -- blemish, blot, spot.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3971. mum
מאוּם noun masculineJob 31:7 blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera lectio) apparently original form, .Köii. 146); — ׳מ absolute:
1 of physical defect Daniel 1:4.
2 figurative מ דָּבַק ׳בְּכַמַּי Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually
מוּם
noun masculineLeviticus 21:17 (= foregoing; quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, ); — absolute ׳מ 21:17 16t.; suffix מוּמוֺ Proverbs 9:7; מוּמָם Deuteronomy 32:5; — blemish, defect (chiefly H):
1 physical,
a. in man, as excluding from priestly service, Leviticus 21:17-18, 21 (twice in verse); 21:23; disfiguring man 2 Samuel 14:25, woman Song of Solomon 4:7; (in all מ ׳היה בְּ); as caused by man upon man Leviticus 24:19-20,.
b. in beast (reference to sacrifice) Leviticus 22:20-21, 25; Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 15:21 (twice in verse); 17:1 (in all מ ׳היה בְּ).
2 figurative of moral blemish Deuteronomy 32:5 (but text very dubious, compare Dr); מִמּוּם פָנֶיךָ תִּשָּׂא Job 11:15; of shame of repulse Proverbs 9:7 ׅ "" (קָלוֺן.