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רוּם‏ n.m. height

height (a dimension) Com^-OA^-OfA. Ezra6:3 : רוּמֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁתִּין פְּתָיֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁתִּין‏ its height was sixty cubits, its width sixty cubits. TgJ Amos2:9 : דִכרוּם אַרזִין רוּמֵיה‏ whose height is like the height of cedars. PJ Gen2:9 : רומיה מהלך חמש מאה שנין‏ its height was the distance of a five-hundred year walk. heaven CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAg, LJLA. TgTosPr Josh.5: : יציבא ממריה דברומה מדוריה‏ certain is the word of the one whose dwelling is in his heaven. top part, highest part BA^Dan, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. Dan4:8 : רְבָה אִילָנָא וּתְקִף וְרוּמֵהּ יִמְטֵא לִשְׁמַיָּא‏ the tree grew big and strong with its top reaching the sky. TgO Ex29:20 : רוּם אוּדנָא דְאהרן‏ . TN Lev8:24 : על רום אדניהון דימינה/ימ׳‏ . TgTosPr Ezek.1:1 : רום שמיא‏ the very top of the sky. jungle in the flood plain of a river (but see s.v. rwb #4) JLAtg. TgJ Jer50:44 : כְאַריָא דְסָלֵיק מֵרוּם יַרדְנָא‏ like a lion coming up from the Jordan jungle [MT מִגְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן]. TgJ Zec11:3 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 519a; DJBA: 1065b; Jastrow: 1460; Levy Ch-W: 2:413; Tal Sam: 823; DJA: 79b; Cook,Qumran: 220;

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