The meaning of “חוּם”
Understanding chûwm reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
brown. - sunburnt or swarthy (blackish) 1) dark colour, darkened, dark brown or black
חוּם
brown. - sunburnt or swarthy (blackish) 1) dark colour, darkened, dark brown or black
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 30:32 | “I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.” Word: חוּם (chûwm) | |
| Genesis 30:33 | “So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.” Word: חוּם (chûwm) | |
| Genesis 30:35 | “And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.” Word: חוּם (chûwm) | |
| Genesis 30:40 | “And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.” Word: חוּם (chûwm) |
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