חוּם
chum (H2345)
darkened
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# Analysis of חוּם (chum) The Hebrew word *chum* carries the meaning "darkened" and appears in biblical texts with notable but limited frequency—only four recorded instances. This scarcity suggests the word held a specific rather than common role in biblical Hebrew vocabulary, used when the authors needed to convey the particular concept of darkening or becoming dark. The consistent definition across all occurrences indicates that *chum* functions as a straightforward descriptor of a darkened state or condition. Rather than describing darkness as an abstract concept, the word appears to capture the action or result of something becoming dark. With just four uses in the entire biblical corpus, the word likely served a specialized communicative purpose, employed when other more common terms for darkness or related concepts were not suitable for the specific context. The limited attestation of *chum* prevents broad generalizations about its usage patterns or theological significance from the lexicon data alone. What can be established is that ancient biblical writers had available this particular term for describing darkened conditions, though they relied on it sparingly compared to other vocabulary options for similar concepts.
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I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.”
That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock.