מְאוּמָהmᵉʼûwmâh

anything (Genesis 22:12; Genesis 30:31; Genesis 39:6; Genesis 39:9; Genesis 40:15)

Pronunciation: meh-oo'-maw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3972

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 32 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 22:12 “Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”
  • Genesis 30:31 “What wages do you want?” Laban asked again. Jacob replied, “Don’t give me anything. Just do this one thing, and I’ll continue to tend and watch over your flocks.
  • Genesis 39:6 So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,
  • Genesis 39:9 No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”
  • Genesis 39:23 The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.
  • Genesis 40:15 For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).