תֻּמִּיםTummîym

completeness, integrity

Pronunciation: toom-meem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8550

Meanings

1. completeness, fullness (Isaiah 47:9; Job 21:23)

2. innocence, simplicity (2 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 22:34; 2 Chronicles 18:33)

3. integrity (Genesis 20:5; Genesis 20:6; 1 Kings 9:4)

4. תֻּמִּים in אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים (Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 28:30 Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron’s heart when he goes into the Lord’s presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the Lord’s will for his people whenever he goes in before the Lord.
  • Leviticus 8:8 Then Moses placed the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and the Thummim inside it.
  • Deuteronomy 33:8 Moses said this about the tribe of Levi: “O Lord, you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots— to your faithful servants the Levites. You put them to the test at Massah and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.
  • Ezra 2:63 The governor told them not to eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the Lord about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.
  • Nehemiah 7:65 The governor told them not to eat the priests’ share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the Lord about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.

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).