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title: תֻּמִּים — Thummim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֻּמִּים (8550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Thummim. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֻּמִּים

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«תֻּמִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Thummim** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8550

### Glosses

Thummim (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Thummim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8550/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֻּמִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.8/)

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וַיָּ֥שֶׂם עָלָ֖יו אֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן וַיִּתֵּן֙ אֶל־הַחֹ֔שֶׁן אֶת־הָאוּרִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַתֻּמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.placed on him (et) the breastpiece and he.put into the breastpiece (et) the Urim and (et) the Thummim

*JPS 1917:* And he placed the breastplate upon him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.

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[Ezra 2:63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.63/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ לָהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יֹאכְל֖וּ מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים עַ֛ד עֲמֹ֥ד כֹּהֵ֖ן לְאוּרִ֥ים וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the governor to them (cmp) not they.will.eat any of.the.holy.thing of the.holy.things until will.arise a.priest to Urim and to Thummim

*JPS 1917:* And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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