Hebrew · H7311 · unreviewed

רוּם

To be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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רוּם H7311

Pronunciation mərôməmî

What does רוּם (mərôməmî) mean in the Bible?

רוּם (mərôməmî) is a Hebrew word meaning "to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)".

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Meaning

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

Extended definition

Ranges from physical elevation to exaltation; when applied to God, emphasizes absolute supremacy; of humans, often carries pride connotations.

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively) BDB: be high Usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (× a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 41×

Participle active 2Sam 22:28 · Deut 27:14 · Exod 14:8 · Ezek 6:13 · Ezek 20:28 · Ezek 34:6 · Isa 6:1 · Isa 57:15 · Job 21:22 · Job 38:15 · Num 33:3 · Prov 6:17 · Prov 24:7 · Ps 18:28 · Ps 78:69 · Ps 113:4 17×

Imperfect Dan 11:12 · Isa 30:18 · Isa 52:13 · Ps 13:3 · Ps 27:6 · Ps 61:3 · Mic 5:8 · Prov 11:11 · Ps 89:14 · Ps 89:18 · Ps 89:25 · Ps 112:9 · Ps 46:11 · Ps 89:17 · Ps 140:9 16×

Perfect 1Sam 2:1 · Deut 32:27 · Isa 26:11 · Job 22:12 · Prov 30:13 · Ps 131:1 6×

Infinitive construct Deut 17:20 1×

Jussive Ps 66:7 1×

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 55×

Imperfect Ezek 45:1 · Ezek 45:13 · Ezek 48:8 · Ezek 48:9 · Ezek 48:20 · Num 15:19 · Num 15:20 · Num 18:28 · Num 18:29 · 1Sam 2:8 · Exod 17:11 · Gen 41:44 · Job 39:27 · Lev 4:8 · Lev 4:19 · Ps 75:8 25×

Perfect 1Kgs 11:27 · 2Chr 30:24 · Dan 8:11 · Lam 2:17 · 2Chr 35:8 · 2Chr 35:9 · Num 31:52 · 2Kgs 19:22 · Isa 37:23 · Ps 89:43 · Gen 14:22 · Gen 39:15 · Ps 89:20 14×

Sequential imperfect Ezek 45:9 · Isa 13:2 · Isa 57:14 · Isa 62:10 · 2Kgs 6:7 · Exod 14:16 · Isa 58:1 · Isa 40:9 9×

Participle active Exod 35:24 · Prov 3:35 · Prov 14:29 3×

Jussive Ps 75:5 · Ps 75:6 · Ps 66:7 3×

Infinitive construct Ps 75:7 1×

Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 3×

Perfect Dan 8:11 · Exod 29:27 2×

Imperfect Lev 4:10 1×

Polel 7×

Imperfect Hos 11:7 · Job 17:4 · Prov 14:34 3×

Sequential imperfect Ps 99:5 · Ps 99:9 2×

Participle active 1Sam 2:7 1×

Perfect Isa 23:4 1×

Hithpolel 1×

Imperfect Isa 33:10 1×

Polal 1×

Imperfect Ps 75:11 1×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Old Testament Witnesses

Psalms 9:13–16 מְרוֹמְמִי mərôməmî

The one who lifts me up, raises me, or exalts me; from the root 'rum' (to be high)

Showing 8 of 193 occurrences in the biblical text.

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Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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