Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7762 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שׁוּם |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to exhale |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | shuwm |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shoom |
| Meaning: | 1. garlic (from its rank odor) |
| KJV Renderings: | garlic. |
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[שׁוּם] noun [masculine] garlic; — plural שׁוּמִים Num 11:5 ( J ) (allium sativum, Linn, Thes LöwNo. 336 PostHast. DB ii. 110 TristrNHB 448 (or allium Ascalonicum, compare Buhl, after TristrFFP 430; see this and PostFlora 789 for many kinds of allium); Arabic [untranscribed source text 5452], Aramaic תּוּמָא, [untranscribed source text 5453], Assyrian šûmu ).
שֻׁמָתִי see שֻׁמָה infra.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
