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רוּם rûwm — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

pronounced room · Strong's H7311 · 193 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 7 stems: Hiph'il, Qal (Pa'al), Polel, Hoph'al, Polal, Hitpolel, Po'el

Translated in the KJV as bring up, exalt, extol, give, go up, haughty, heave, (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er.

a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively).

rûwm in each stem

Hiph'il 89×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 26Perfect (qatal) 16Imperative 12Infinitive construct 11Wayyiqtol 10Participle (active) 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Jussive 3

הֲרִימֹ֨תִי Gen 14:22 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, (KJV)

וַיְרִימֶ֖הָ Gen 31:45 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. (KJV)

הֲרִימֹ֥תִי Gen 39:15 Perfect (qatal), 1st person common singular

And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 72×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 28Imperfect (yiqtol) 18Perfect (qatal) 7Wayyiqtol 4Jussive 4Infinitive construct 4Imperative 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3

וַתָּ֖רָם Gen 7:17 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. (KJV)

רָמָֽה Exod 14:8 Participle (active), feminine singular

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. (KJV)

וַיָּ֥רֻם Exod 16:20 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. (KJV)

Polel 23×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 2Cohortative 2Imperative 2Wayyiqtol 1

וַאֲרֹמְמֶֽנְהוּ Exod 15:2 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular

The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. (KJV)

מְרוֹמֵֽם 1Sam 2:7 Participle (active), masculine singular

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. (KJV)

תְּר֣וֹמְמֵ֔נִי 2Sam 22:49 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. (KJV)

Hoph'al

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

הוּרָ֑ם Exod 29:27 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: (KJV)

יוּרַ֔ם Lev 4:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. (KJV)

הרים Dan 8:11 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. (KJV)

Polal

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

וּמְרוֹמַ֥ם Neh 9:5 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (KJV)

תְּ֝רוֹמַ֗מְנָה Ps 75:11 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine plural

Hitpolel

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2

אֵֽרוֹמָ֔ם Isa 33:10 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular

Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. (KJV)

וְיִתְרוֹמֵ֤ם Dan 11:36 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. (KJV)

Po'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 1

לְרוֹמֵ֞ם Ezra 9:9 Infinitive construct

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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