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רוּם rûwm — (Aramaic) corresponding to H7311

pronounced room · Strong's H7313 · 4 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 4 stems: Polel, Aph'el, Pe'al, Hithpolel

Translated in the KJV as extol, lift up, set up.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7311.

rûwm in each stem

Polel

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

Participle (active) 1

וּמְרוֹמֵ֤ם Dan 4:34 Participle (active), masculine singular

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: (KJV)

Aph'el

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

Participle (active) 1

מָרִ֔ים Dan 5:19 Participle (active), masculine singular

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (KJV)

Pe'al

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

רִ֣ם Dan 5:20 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: (KJV)

Hithpolel

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

הִתְרוֹמַ֡מְתָּ Dan 5:23 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (KJV)

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 ›

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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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