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Numbers 31:28

“And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רוּםrûwm · room
H7311 · Hebrew

Definition: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: 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, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
הֲרֵמֹתָ֨ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhq2ms
Usage: Occurs 193 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:17 Genesis 14:22 Genesis 31:45 Genesis 39:15 Genesis 39:18

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 רוּם here.

Verse 27 Verse 29

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.