מום
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Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| מ־ו־ם (m-w-m) |
Noun
מוּם • (múm) m
- defect, deficiency, blemish
- Tanach, Numbers 19:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל׃
- dabér 'el-b'néi yisra'él v'yik'khú 'elékha pará 'adumá t'mimá 'ashér 'ein-báh múm 'ashér ló 'alá 'aléha 'ól.
dabbēr ʾel-bənē yiśrāʾēl wəyiqəḥū ʾēléḵā p̄ārā ʾăḏummā təmīmā ʾăšer ʾēn-bāh mūm ʾăšer lō-ʿālā ʿāléhā ʿōl. - Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
- dabér 'el-b'néi yisra'él v'yik'khú 'elékha pará 'adumá t'mimá 'ashér 'ein-báh múm 'ashér ló 'alá 'aléha 'ól.
References
- “מום” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
מום on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Etymology
Noun
מום • (mum) m, plural מומים (mumim)
References
- Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 101