STRONGS NUMBER H4791


Word Summary
marom: height
Original Word: מָרוֹם
Transliteration: marom
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-rome')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: height
Meaning: altitude
Strong's Concordance
far above, dignity, haughty, height, most, on high one, place, loftily,

From ruwm; altitude, i.e. Concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.

see HEBREW ruwm

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H4791. marom

מָרוֺםnoun masculineEcclesiastes 10:6 height (poetry); — absolute ׳מMicah 6:6 +; construct מְרוֺם2 Kings 19:23 +; plural מְרוֺמִיםIsaiah 33:16 +; construct מְרוֺמֵיJudges 5:18; suffix מְרוֺמָיוJob 25:2; —

1 height, elevation (concrete), elevated place: שָׂדֶה מְרוֺמֵיJob 5:18, מְרֹמִים בְּראֹשׁProverbs 8:2; שִׁבְתּוֺ מְרוֺם‎ Obadiah 3 (compare Now), גִּבְעָה מְרוֺם‎ in "" Jeremiah 49:16; ׳מ הָרִיםtop of mountains 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24a, ׳מ קִצּוֺ37:24 b; ׳מ עֻזָּהּJeremiah 51:53 (of Babylonian ); specifically of Zion, ׳מ‎ Jes 17:12, צִיּוֺן ׳מ31:12, מ ׳בְּהַר יִשְׂרָאֵלEzekiel 17:23; 20:40, מ ׳בְּהָרֵי ׳יִשׂ34:14; indefinite, Habakkuk 2:9 (in figurative), לְמ שְׁפָלִים ׳לָשׂוּםJob 5:11; רַבִּים בַּמְּרוֺמִים‎ Esc 10:6 (of high office, rank; opposed to שֵׁפֶל‎); מָרוֺם ישְׁבֵיIsaiah 26:5, i.e. in (supposed) security, compare יִשְׁכֹּן מְרוֺמִים33:16 ("" סְלָעִים מְצָדוֺת‎); ׳לַמּon high (German in die H-he) Psalm 75:6, so ׳בַּמּJob 39:18, adverb = in a high place Isaiah 22:16.

2 ׳מ‎ alone = height of heaven: מָרוֺם אֱלֹהֵיMicah 6:6; 2 Samuel 22:17=Psalm 18:17; Isaiah 24:21. 21; 32:15; 57:15; 58:4; Lamentations 1:13; Psalm 7:8; 68:19; 71:19; 93:4; 144:7, plural Job 25:2; "" ׳מ קָדְשׁוֺ שָׁמַיִם,Psalm 102:20 מְרוֺמִיםJob 16:19; Psalm 148:1; "" קָדְשׁוֺ מְעוֺןJeremiah 25:30, "" מָ֑עַלJob 31:2 (plural), opposed to אֶרֶץ מוֺסְדֵיIsaiah 24:18.; as predicate of ׳יPsalm 92:9; compare 10:5; as adverb (i.e. in heaven) Isaiah 33:5; ׳לַמּtowards heaven 38:14; 40:26; 37:23 = 2 Kings 19:22; ׳מִמּ‎ in figure Psalm 73:8 they speak (as if) from the sky, from heaven (i.e. so arrogantly).

3 ׳מ‎ adverb figurative, = proudly Psalm 56:3 (so Gei Hup-Now and others, compare Che, but dubious), Bae in high station; Du reads מַריוֺם‎ (יוֺם‎ to 56:4; as dittograph?).

4 figurative of nobles (collective) עַםהָֿאָרֶץ מְרוֺםIsaiah 24:4.