רוּם

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(polel)
• 4.(qal) to be rotten, be wormy
• 5.(polal) to be lifted up
• 6.(hiphil)
• 7.(hophal) to be taken off, be abolished
• 8.(hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: rûwm; Pronunciation: room