מום

Hebrew

Root
מ־ו־ם (m-w-m)

Noun

מוּם • (múm) m

1. defect, deficiency, blemish
   • Tanach, Numbers 19:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ פָרָה אֲדֻמָּה תְּמִימָה אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּהּ מוּם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה עָלֶיהָ עֹל׃

     dabér 'el-b'néi yisra'él v'yik'khú 'elékha pará 'adumá t'mimá 'ashér 'ein-báh múm 'ashér ló 'alá 'aléha 'ól.
     dabbēr ʾel-bənē yiśrāʾēl wəyiqəḥū ʾēléḵā p̄ārā ʾăḏummā təmīmā ʾăšer ʾēn-bāh mūm ʾăšer lō-ʿālā ʿāléhā ʿōl.

     Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.

References

• “מום” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מום on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he