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Proverbs 21:4

“An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רוּםrûwm · room
H7312 · Hebrew

Definition: (literally) elevation or (figuratively) elation
Derivation: or רֻם; from H7311 (רוּם);
KJV renderings: haughtiness, height, [idiom] high.
Grammar: רוּם — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Proverbs 25:3 Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 2:17 Isaiah 10:12 Jeremiah 48:29

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 3 Verse 5

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.