רוּם rûwm — to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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
Imperfect (yiqtol) 26Perfect (qatal) 16Imperative 12Infinitive construct 11Wayyiqtol 10Participle (active) 6Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Jussive 3
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,
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
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.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 28Imperfect (yiqtol) 18Perfect (qatal) 7Wayyiqtol 4Jussive 4Infinitive construct 4Imperative 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3
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.
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.
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.
Polel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 2Cohortative 2Imperative 2Wayyiqtol 1
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.
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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.
Hoph'al
Perfect (qatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
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:
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.
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.
Polal
Participle (passive) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
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.
Hitpolel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
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.
Po'el
Infinitive construct 1
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.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
