יְקוּם
ye.qum
existence
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word 'yetqum' appears three times in the Hebrew Bible and is defined as meaning "existence". This suggests that the concept of existence is a crucial aspect of understanding this term. In the context of this definition, 'yetqum' likely implies a state of being or presence. Its occurrence in the Bible is limited, so it may refer to a specific or abstract notion of existence rather than a general or mundane one. Further analysis would be needed to fully grasp its significance within the biblical narrative. Since the definition focuses on "existence", it may be used to describe the state or condition of being, without conveying the concept's duration or persistence. Understanding 'yetqum' primarily as a term for existence indicates its importance as a fundamental concept in Hebrew thought or biblical narratives where it is present.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
Genesis 7:23Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship.
Deuteronomy 11:6and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben—how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel;