H3351 H3351
living thing, all that exists; substance, existence (used collectively)
A noun denoting substance, existence, or living things collectively. The phrase כָּל־הַיְקוּם ('all that exists' or 'every living thing') appears in Genesis 7:4, 23 referring to all living creatures—human and animal—that God would blot out in the flood. Deuteronomy 11:6 uses it in a more limited sense for Dathan and Abiram's household and possessions that were swallowed by the earth. The term captures the totality of living, subsisting things—everything that has being and stands upright upon the earth, making its destruction in judgment all the more comprehensive and terrible.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The collective totality of existing, living things. In the flood narrative, 'all that exists' encompasses every creature with the breath of life, emphasizing the near-total undoing of creation. In Deuteronomy, it denotes the household and retinue of the rebellious leaders. The multilingual glosses vary between 'existence/el existente' (emphasizing being) and 'living things/ser viviente' (emphasizing creatures), reflecting the term's semantic range from abstract existence to concrete living beings. 3×
AR["الْ-كَائِنَاتِ", "الْمَوْجُودِ"]·ben["বস্তু", "সেই-জীবিত"]·DE["Bestehende", "der-lebend-Sachen"]·EN["the-existence", "the-living-things"]·FR["le-existence", "le-vivant-choses"]·heb["ה-יקום", "ה-יקום ׀"]·HI["जीव-को", "जीवित"]·ID["yang-ada", "yang-hidup"]·IT["il-existence", "il-vivente-cose"]·jav["barang-barang-gesang", "ing-makhluk-gesang"]·KO["그-재물을", "그-존재함"]·PT["a-substância", "o-ser-vivente"]·RU["-имущество", "существующее"]·ES["el-existente", "ser-viviente"]·SW["kitu-hai", "kiumbe-hai"]·TR["-varlığı", "varlığı"]·urd["مخلوق", "مخلوق-اُس", "موجودات"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְקוּם n.[m.] substance, existence כָּל־הַיְקוּם = all that subsists Gn 7:4, 23 (man and animal), in more limited sense Dt 11:6.