רוּםrûwm
רוּם: be high, exalted, rise
Pronunciation: room · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7311
Meanings
Qal
1.
a. be high (Psalms 61:3; Job 22:12; Isaiah 2:12)
b. especially of ׳ י (Isaiah 57:15; Psalms 138:6; Psalms 99:2)
2. be raised, uplifted
a. made high, uplifted. (Isaiah 49:11; Deuteronomy 27:14)
c. be exalted (Numbers 24:7; Isaiah 30:18; 2 Samuel 22:47)
3. be lifted, rise (Genesis 7:17; Ezekiel 10:16; Ezekiel 10:17)
Po`lel
1.
a. raise, rear (Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 23:4)
b. cause, to grow (Ezekiel 31:4)
c. rear, erect (Ezra 9:9)
2. lift up
a. in figurative (Psalms 27:5; 2 Samuel 22:49; Psalms 18:49)
b. raise (Psalms 107:25)
c. exalt (Job 17:4; Psalms 37:34; 1 Samuel 2:7)
3. exalt, extol (Psalms 30:2; Isaiah 25:1; Psalms 118:28)
Po`lal: be lifted up, extolled, (compare Qal 2.b.), (compare Po`lel 3) (Psalms 75:11; Psalms 66:17; Nehemiah 9:5)
Hiph`il
1.
a. face, raise, lift (Exodus 17:11; Numbers 20:11; Genesis 14:22)
b. lilft up (Genesis 39:15; Genesis 39:18; Isaiah 40:9)
c. (take into one's hand and) lift, take up (Joshua 4:5; 1 Samuel 9:24; 2 Kings 2:13)
d. set up, erect (Genesis 31:45; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 62:10)
e. set on high (Isaiah 14:13; Job 39:27)
f. lilft up, exalt (1 Kings 14:7; 1 Kings 16:2; Psalms 89:20)
2. lift up, and take away, remove (Ezekiel 21:31; Isaiah 57:14; Leviticus 2:9)
3. lift off and present, contribute, offer
c. contribute (2 Chronicles 30:24; 2 Chronicles 35:7; 2 Chronicles 35:8)
Hoph`al: be taken off, be abolished (Exodus 29:27; Daniel 8:11; Leviticus 4:10)
Hithpo`lel: and he shall exalt and magnify himself above, I will raise myself (Daniel 11:36; Isaiah 33:10)
רמם: grow rotten, decay
: rise
Pe`al: lifted up (Daniel 5:20)
Po`l.: extol (Daniel 4:34)
Haph`el: exalt (Daniel 5:19)
Hithpo`lel: lift oneself up (Daniel 5:23)
Same root
- אֲבִירָםʼĂbîyrâm · H48Abiram, the name of two Israelites
- אֲדֹנִירָםʼĂdônîyrâm · H141Adoniram, an Israelite
- אֲחִירָםʼĂchîyrâm · H297Achiram, an Israelite
- בֵּית הָרָםBêyth hâ-Râm · H1027Beth-ha-Ram, a place East of the Jordan
- יְהוֹרָםYᵉhôwrâm · H3088Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
- יְרִימוֹתYᵉrîymôwth · H3406Jerimoth or Jeremoth, the name of twelve Israelites
- יַרְמוּתYarmûwth · H3412Jarmuth, the name of two places in Palestine
- יְרֵמַיYᵉrêmay · H3413Jeremai, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 190 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 7:17 For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
- Genesis 14:22 Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 31:45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a monument.
- Genesis 39:15 When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”
- Genesis 39:18 “But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his cloak with me!”
- Genesis 41:44 And Pharaoh said to him, “I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval.”
See every passage
- Genesis 7:17, 14:22, 31:45, 39:15, 39:18, 41:44
- Exodus 7:20, 14:8, 14:16, 15:2, 16:20, 17:11, 29:27, 35:24
- Leviticus 2:9, 4:8, 4:10, 4:19, 6:10, 6:15, 22:15
- Numbers 15:19, 15:20, 15:30, 16:37, 18:19, 18:24, 18:26, 18:28, 18:29, 18:30, 18:32, 20:11, 24:7, 31:28, 31:52, 33:3
- Deuteronomy 1:28, 2:10, 2:21, 8:14, 9:2, 12:2, 17:20, 27:14, 32:27
- Joshua 4:5
- 1 Samuel 2:1, 2:7, 2:8, 2:10, 9:24
- 2 Samuel 22:28, 22:47, 22:49
- 1 Kings 11:26, 11:27, 14:7, 16:2
- 2 Kings 2:13, 6:7, 19:22
- 1 Chronicles 15:16, 25:5
- 2 Chronicles 5:13, 30:24, 35:7, 35:8, 35:9
- Ezra 3:12, 8:25, 9:6, 9:9
- Nehemiah 9:5
- Job 17:4, 21:22, 22:12, 38:15, 38:34, 39:27
- Psalms 3:3, 9:13, 12:8, 13:2, 18:27, 18:46, 18:48, 21:13, 27:5, 27:6, 30:1, 34:3, 37:34, 46:10, 57:5, 57:11, 61:2, 66:7, 74:3, 75:4, 75:5, 75:6, 75:7, 75:10, 78:69, 89:13, 89:16, 89:17, 89:19, 89:24, 89:42, 92:10, 99:2, 99:5, 99:9, 107:25, 107:32, 108:5, 110:7, 112:9, 113:4, 113:7, 118:28, 131:1, 138:6, 140:8, 145:1, 148:14
- Proverbs 3:35, 4:8, 6:17, 11:11, 14:29, 14:34, 24:7, 30:13
- Isaiah 1:2, 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 6:1, 10:15, 10:33, 13:2, 14:13, 23:4, 25:1, 26:11, 30:18, 33:10, 37:23, 40:9, 49:11, 49:22, 52:13, 57:14, 57:15, 58:1, 62:10
- Lamentations 2:17
- Ezekiel 6:13, 10:4, 10:16, 10:17, 17:22, 20:28, 21:22, 21:26, 31:4, 31:10, 34:6, 45:1, 45:9, 45:13, 48:8, 48:9, 48:20
- Daniel 8:11, 11:12, 11:36, 12:7
- Hosea 11:4, 11:7, 13:6
- Micah 5:9
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