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title: מאוּם — blemish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מאוּם (3971), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: blemish. BDB 1906: n.m. blemish, defect. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מאוּם

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«מאוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blemish** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3971 · **BDB:** מאוּם

### Glosses

a.blemish (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blemish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3971/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. blemish, defect [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3971/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 31:7 blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera l.) appar.original form, Köii. 146);—מ׳ abs.: of physical defect Dn 1:4. fig. בְּכַפַּי דָּבַק מ׳ Jb 31:7 of moral stain; usually

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מאוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3971/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.7/)

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אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֪י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* if it.turned.aside step my from the way and after eyes my it.has.gone heart my and to palms my it.has.stuck a.blemish

*JPS 1917:* If my step hath turned out of the way, and my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any spot hath cleaved to my hands;

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