Blemish Physical Defect

† מוּם n.m. Lv 21:17 (= foregoing; quiesc. א om.) (NH id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, ܡܽܘܡܳܐ );—abs. מ׳ Lv 21:17 + 16 times; sf. מוּמוֹ Pr 9:7; מוּמָם Dt 32:5;—blemish, defect (chiefly H): 1. physical, a. in man, as excluding from priestly service, Lv 21:17, 18, 21(×2), 23; disfiguring man 2 S 14:25, woman Ct 4:7; (in all היה מ׳ בְּ); as caused by man upon man Lv 24:19, 20. b. in beast (ref. to sacrifice) Lv 22:20, 21, 25; Nu 19:2; Dt 15:21(×2); 17:1 (in all היה מ׳ בְּ). 2. fig. of moral blemish Dt 32:5 (but text very dubious, cf. Dr); תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם Jb 11:15; of shame of repulse Pr 9:7 (‖ קָלוֹן).

† גִּבֵּן adj. crook-backed, hump-backed (cf. Aramaic גְּבִין id., NH גַּבָּן highlander; also NH גבין, Aramaic גבינא, ܓܒܺܝܢܳܐ, all = brow (eyebrow, etc.); cf. Arabic جَبِينٌ side of forehead), Lv 21:20.

† [דֳּפִי] n.[m.] blemish, fault בְּבֶן־אִמְּךָ תִּתֶּן־דֹּֽפִי׃ ψ 50:20 against thy mother’s son thou dost allege a fault (‖ בְּאָחִיךָ תְרַבֵּ֑ר).

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