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title: רֹומַם — extolling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹומַם (7318), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: extolling. BDB 1906: extolling, praise Pōʿlal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹומַם

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«רֹומַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **extolling** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7318 · **BDB:** רוֹמָם

### Glosses

exaltation (1); the.exaltation(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

extolling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7318/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

extolling, praise Pōʿlal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7318/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] extolling, praise;—= song of praise (to י׳) ψ 66:17, so read with van d. H., cf. Thes Hup-Now Che Bae Buhl Lex; \> Ki Baer Gi vb. Pōʿlal, רוֹמַם; pl. cstr. רוֹמְמוֹת אֵל 149:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹומַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7318/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 66:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.17/)

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אֵלָ֥יו פִּֽי־קָרָ֑אתִי וְ֝רוֹמַ֗ם תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* to him mouth my I.called.out and exaltation \[was\].under tongue my

*JPS 1917:* I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.

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[Psalms 149:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.6/)

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רוֹמְמ֣וֹת אֵ֭ל בִּגְרוֹנָ֑ם וְחֶ֖רֶב פִּֽיפִיּ֣וֹת בְּיָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* the.exaltation(s) of.God \[be\].in throat their and a.sword of.edges \[be\].in hand their

*JPS 1917:* Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;

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