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title: רוּם — height · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רוּם (7312), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: height. BDB 1906: height, haughtiness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רוּם

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«רוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **height** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 7312 · **BDB:** רוּם²

### Glosses

\[the\].haughtiness (2); haughtiness (1); height (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7312/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

height, haughtiness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7312/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] height, haughtiness (proposes inf.);—abs. ר׳, height, loftiness, שָׁמַיִם לָר׳ וָאָרֶץ לָעֹמֶק Pr 25:3; cstr. רוּם עֵינַיִם fig. of haughtiness Is 10:12 (‖ גֹּדֶל לֵבָב), Pr 21:4 (‖ רְחַב־לֵב); so רֻם לִבּוֹ Je 48:29 (‖ גַּאֲוָה, גָּאוֹן, גֹּבַתּ); then alone: haughtiness, רוּם אֲנָשִׁים Is 2:11, 17 (both ‖ גַּבְהוּת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7312/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.4/)

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רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַב־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* haughtiness of.eyes and a.\[person\].wide of.heart \[the\].lamp of.wicked.\[people\] \[is\].sin

*JPS 1917:* A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

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[Proverbs 25:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.3/)

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שָׁמַ֣יִם לָ֭רוּם וָאָ֣רֶץ לָעֹ֑מֶק וְלֵ֥ב מְ֝לָכִ֗ים אֵ֣ין חֵֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* heaven for (the) height and earth for (the) depth and.\[the\] heart of.kings there.\[is\].not searching

*JPS 1917:* The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

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