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1 Kings 3:20
“And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קוּםqûwm · koom
H6965 · Hebrew
H6965 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תָּקָם֩ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 628 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:8Genesis 6:18Genesis 9:9Genesis 9:11Genesis 9:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קוּם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.