קוּםqûwm
לֵב קָמָי: probably late Atbash (compare שֵׁשַׁךְ) for כשׂדים the orginal reading (Jeremiah 51:1)
Pronunciation: koom · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6965
Meanings
קוּם: arise, stand up, stand
Qal: construct, > feminine singular קָמָה Mic 7:6 masculine plural קָמִים 2Sam 18:31 +, הַקּוֺמִים 2Kgs 16:17 (Ges«GKC:72p»§ 72p (1 Samuel 17:48; Hosea 10:14; 2 Samuel 12:21)
1. arise, Specifically (Exodus 10:23)
a. from kneeling, after lying down (sleep, sickness, mourning, etc.) (1 Samuel 3:6; 1 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 12:21)
b. out of (מִן) a condition, state (Ezra 9:5)
c. of bear rising (1 Samuel 17:35)
d. arise (+ stand) (Exodus 33:8; Psalms 20:9; Job 24:22)
e. arise (and stand) for a purpose (Numbers 11:32; 2 Samuel 12:17)
f. arise as preliminary to formal speech (Judges 20:8; Micah 6:1; Jeremiah 1:17)
g. to listen to God's word, to praise God (Numbers 23:18; Isaiah 32:9; 2 Chronicles 20:19)
h. of noise, tumult, of light (Hosea 10:14; Job 25:3)
2. arise, in hostile sense (optative with idea of suddenness) (Deuteronomy 19:11; Deuteronomy 22:26; Judges 9:18)
3. arise, = become powerful (Proverbs 28:12; Proverbs 28:28)
4. arise, = come on the scene, appear, of leader, prophet, king (Judges 5:7; Judges 10:1; Judges 10:3)
5. arise, for, i.e. to become, with ל of thing (Zephaniah 3:8; Ezekiel 7:11)
6.
a. arise, for action, especially of ׳ י arising [from his throne] (Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 2:21; Psalms 76:10)
b. arise, (out of inaction), introducing some specific deed (Genesis 21:18; Exodus 32:1; Judges 5:12)
c. especially arise = start, make a move, to go somewhere (Genesis 13:17; Genesis 19:14; Genesis 19:15)
7. stand, especially figurative
a. = maintain oneself (Joshua 7:12; Joshua 7:13; Amos 7:2)
b. = be established, confirmed (1 Samuel 24:21; 1 Samuel 24:20; Leviticus 27:19)
c. stand, endure (1 Samuel 13:14; Job 8:15; Job 15:29)
d. = be fixed (Leviticus 27:14; Leviticus 27:17)
e. = be valid (Numbers 30:5; Numbers 30:1-200; Numbers 30:10)
f. = be proven (Deuteronomy 19:15)
g. = be fulfilled (Jeremiah 44:29; Job 22:28; Jeremiah 51:29)
h. persist (Isaiah 32:8)
i. יָקוּם עַלאשֵׁם אָחִיו (Deuteronomy 25:6)
j. of eyes, = be set, fixed (1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Kings 14:4)
Pi`el
1. fulfill (Ezekiel 13:6; Psalms 119:106)
2.
a. confirm, ratify (Ruth 4:7)
b. confirm, establish (Psalms 119:28)
c. impose (Esther 9:21; Esther 9:31; Esther 9:27)
Hithpolel: raise oneself, = rise up (Job 20:27; Job 27:7; Psalms 17:7)
Hiph`il
1. cause to arise, raise
a. prostrate (2 Samuel 12:17; Deuteronomy 22:4; Psalms 41:11)
b. from throne (Isaiah 14:9)
c. lift up shield (Ezekiel 26:8)
d. figurative raise (to dignity, power) (Isaiah 49:6)
2.
a. raise, set up (Joshua 4:9; Joshua 4:20; Joshua 24:26)
b. erect, build (Isaiah 23:13; Exodus 26:30; Joshua 7:26)
c. figurative of setting up law (Psalms 78:5)
3. raise up, = bring on the scene (Joshua 5:7; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Chronicles 17:11)
4.
a. raise up, = rouse, stir up (Genesis 49:9; Numbers 24:9)
b. instigate (Amos 6:14; 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Kings 11:14)
5. raise up, = constitute, (compare Qal 5) (Deuteronomy 29:12; Deuteronomy 28:9; Job 16:12)
6. cause to stand
a. set, station (Judges 7:19; Jeremiah 51:12; Jeremiah 6:17)
b. cause to hold one's ground (Psalms 89:44)
c. establish throne (2 Chronicles 7:18; Proverbs 30:4)
d. establish (make, ratify) covenant (Genesis 6:18; Genesis 9:9; Genesis 9:11)
e. = make binding (Numbers 30:14; Numbers 30:15)
f. = carry out, give effect to (1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 15:13; Genesis 26:3)
g. (compare Qal 7.i) (Ruth 4:5; Ruth 4:10)
Hoph`al: be raised up, be set up, be held upright (2 Samuel 23:1; Exodus 40:17; Jeremiah 35:14)
תְּקוֺמֵם: see √, Hithpolel (Psalms 139:21)
: arise, stand
Pe`al
1. arise (Daniel 3:24; Daniel 6:20)
2. figurative = come on the scene of history (Daniel 2:39; Daniel 7:17; Daniel 7:24)
3. arise, (out of inaction) (Ezra 5:2; Daniel 7:5)
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Same root
- אֲדֹנִיקָםʼĂdônîyqâm · H140Adonikam, the name of one or two Israelites
- אֲחִיקָםʼĂchîyqâm · H296Achikam, an Israelite
- אֶלְיָקִיםʼElyâqîym · H471Eljakim, the name of four Israelites
- אַלְקוּםʼalqûwm · H510a non-rising (i.e. resistlessness)
- יְהוֹיָקִיםYᵉhôwyâqîym · H3079Jehojakim, a Jewish king
- יְקוּםyᵉqûwm · H3351properly, standing (extant), i.e. by implication, a living thing
- יָקִיםYâqîym · H3356Jakim, the name of two Israelites
- יְקַמְיָהYᵉqamyâh · H3359Jekamjah, the name of two Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 628 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:8 One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.
- Genesis 6:18 But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
- Genesis 9:9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
- Genesis 9:11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
- Genesis 9:17 Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
- Genesis 13:17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
See every passage
- Genesis 50 verses
- Exodus 19 verses
- Leviticus 7 verses
- Numbers 28 verses
- Deuteronomy 32 verses
- Joshua 20 verses
- Judges 38 verses
- Ruth 6 verses
- 1 Samuel 45 verses
- 2 Samuel 35 verses
- 1 Kings 36 verses
- 2 Kings 23 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 2 Chronicles 17 verses
- Ezra 7 verses
- Nehemiah 10 verses
- Esther 8 verses
- Job 22 verses
- Psalms 51 verses
- Proverbs 10 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 4 verses
- Isaiah 35 verses
- Jeremiah 41 verses
- Lamentations 3 verses
- Ezekiel 9 verses
- Daniel 2 verses
- Hosea 2 verses
- Amos 8 verses
- Obadiah 1 verses
- Jonah 6 verses
- Micah 7 verses
- Nahum 2 verses
- Habakkuk 2 verses
- Zephaniah 1 verses
- Zechariah 1 verses
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).