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rwm, rwmˀ (rawm/rūm, rawmā, rūmā) n.m. height
1
height (a dimension)
Common (except: OA, OfA)
Ezra 6:3↗ 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 ; SamTgJ Ex25:10↗ ואמה ופלג רומה‏ ; LawsCoun.36.13↗ ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܪܘܡܐ݂‏ : high places ; P Gn6:15↗ ܘܬܠܬܝܢ ܐܡ̈ܝܢ ܪܘܡܗ‏ ; BT Ber 54b(38)↗ דפותייה ורומיה כהדדי נינהו‏ : its [i.e. the wall of Jericho’s] width and height are the same ; JohnBook 2:8↗ umn arqa lqumba ḏrqiha rauma kma hauia : how much is the height from the ground to the vault of the sky? ; PJ Gen2:9↗ רומיה מהלך חמש מאה שנין‏ : its height was the distance of a five-hundred year walk
2
other subst.
(1)
hill
Syr
Joseph 790:3 ܪܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܙܝܢܐ‏ : a fortified hill ; P Am4:13↗ ܪܘܡܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ‏
(2)
heaven
CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAg, LJLA
P Is14:14↗ ܪܘܡܐ ܕܥܢ̈ܢܐ‏ ; NDGR 226:2, 227:4 text not cited ; TgTosPr Josh.5:↗ יציבא ממריה דברומה מדוריה‏ : certain is the word of the one whose dwelling is in his heaven
(1)
air rights
JBA, JBAg
BT BB 63b(9)↗ צריך למכתב ליה קני לך מארעית תהומא ועד רום רקיעא מאי טע׳ עומקא ורומא בסתמא לא קני‏ : he must write for him: "buy it from the bottom of the abyss to the top of the sky"; why? because (rights to) depth and height are not acquired without specifying
(3)
top part, highest part
BADan, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
Dan 4:8↗ 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׳‏ ; BT BB 63b(9)↗ ועד רום רקיעא‏ : to the top of the sky ; TgTosPr Ezek.1:1↗ רום שמיא‏ : the very top of the sky
(1)
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↗ text not cited
3
fig.:
(1)
pride
Syr
P Is2:11↗ ܢܬܡܟܟ ܪܘܡܐ ܕܓܒܪܐ‏
(2)
swollen state
Syr
BBah 1887:17↗ text not cited
(3)
highest level, pinnacle
Syr
EphFid 28:8.6↗ ܠܥܠܡ ܡܬܚܡ ܗܘ ܪܘܡܐ ܕܟܣܝܘܬܗ‏ : He forever marks the pinnacle of His hiddenness as off limits
(1)
ܡܸܢ ܪܲܘܡܵܐ ܕܝܲܘ̈ܡܵܬܹܗ : from one's earliest time
CPA, Syr
CPA Psalms55:4↗ ܡܢ ܪܘܡܐ ܕܝܘܡܐ ܠܐ ܐܕܚܘܠ‏ : I shall never fear ; Chrmin 38:18↗ ܡ݂ܢ ܩܕܝܡ݂ ܘܡܢ ܪܘܡܐ ܕܝܘܡܬ̈ܗܘܢ‏ : earlier and from their high antiquity
(4)
exaltation
Syr
Judith 13:4↗ ܚܘܪ ܒܫܥܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܒܥܒܕܐ ܕܐܝܕ̈ܝ ܠܪܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܫܠܡ‏ : look upon the work of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem [Grk: εἰς ὕψωμα ῾Ιερουσαλήμ]
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1450[720]DJPA: 519aDJBA: 1065bJastrow: 1460Drower/Macuch: 420a, 430aJ. Payne-Smith: 535Levy Ch-W: 2:413Tal Sam: 823DCPA[Schulthess]: 395[191]BarBahlul: 1887:17; 1887:12DJA: 79bQumran: 220

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