mum · blemish, defect

What it means

mum (מאוּם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blemish, defect”.

A defect or blemish on the body; also a moral fault.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A flaw in the body that mars it or makes it unfit.
2. A moral fault, a stain on one's character.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• defect ×19
• gets his blemish ×1
• stain ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×10
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×4
• 2 Samuel×1
• Job×2
• Proverbs×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Daniel×1

• Leviticus 21:17

  “Speak to Aaron, saying: No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to present the food of his Elohim.

• Leviticus 21:18

  For no man who has a defect shall approach: a man who is blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,

• Leviticus 21:21

  No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to present the fire offerings of YHWH; he has a defect; he shall not come near to present the food of his Elohim.

• Leviticus 21:23

  only he shall not go to the veil and shall not come near to the altar, for he has a defect, so that he does not profane my sanctuaries; for I am YHWH, who sanctifies them.”

• Leviticus 22:20

  Anything that has a defect you shall not present, for it will not be accepted for you.

• Leviticus 22:21

  And when a man presents a sacrifice of peace to YHWH to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, from the herd or from the flock, it shall be without defect to be accepted; no defect shall be in it.

• Leviticus 22:25

  And from the hand of a foreigner you shall not present the food of your Elohim from any of these, for their damage is in them; there is a defect in them; they will not be accepted for you.”

• Leviticus 24:19

  And if a man inflicts a defect on his neighbor, as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

• Leviticus 24:20

  fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has inflicted a defect on a human being, so it shall be inflicted on him.

• Numbers 19:2

  “This is the statute of the instruction that YHWH has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring you a red cow whole, on which there is no defect, and on which a yoke has never come.

• Deuteronomy 15:21

  But if it has a defect, if it is lame or blind, any bad defect, you shall not sacrifice it to YHWH your Elohim.

• Deuteronomy 17:1

  You shall not sacrifice to YHWH your Elohim an ox or a lamb that has a defect, anything bad, for it is an abomination to YHWH your Elohim.

• Deuteronomy 32:5

  They have acted corruptly toward him; they are not his children, because of their defect, a crooked and twisted generation.

• 2 Samuel 14:25

  In all Israel there was no man as handsome as Absalom, to be praised so greatly; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

• Job 11:15

  then you will lift up your face without defect, and you will be firm and will not fear;

• Job 31:7

  If my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has gone after my eyes, and a stain has stuck to my palms,

• Proverbs 9:7

  He who corrects a scoffer gets disgrace for himself, and he who reproves a wicked man gets his blemish.

• Song of Songs 4:7

  You are all beautiful, my companion, and there is no defect in you.

• Daniel 1:4

  youths in whom there was no defect at all, and good in appearance, and insightful in all wisdom, and knowing knowledge, and understanding learning, and who had strength to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the writing and the language of the Chaldeans.

And 2 more times.