יְקוּם m. (b. h.; v. קוּם) existence, substance, being. Koh. R. to VI, 3 מהו הי׳ קיומא what is hayy’kum (Gen. VII, 23)? Existence; R. B. says: the inhabited world (v. אִיקוּמֵינֵי); R. El. says, י׳ זה הממון וכ׳ y’kum means property (substance) which makes firm &c.; Gen. R. s. 32. Num. R. s. 18; Pes. 119ᵃ; Snh. 110ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XI, 6).—Pl. יְקוּמִים. Yalk. Gen. 56 נמחו כל הי׳ (Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXIII היקום collective noun) all beings were swept away.
יְקוּם
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יְקוּם m. (b. h.; v. קוּם ) existence, substance, being . Koh. R. to VI, 3 מהו הי׳ קיומא what is hayy’kum ( Gen. VII, 23 )? Existence; R. B. says:…
References
- Jastrow, קוּם 1
- Kohelet Rabbah 6:3:1
- Genesis 7:23
- Jastrow, אִיקוּמֵינֵי 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 32:11
- Bamidbar Rabbah 18:13
- Pesachim 119a
- Sanhedrin 110a
- Deuteronomy 11:6
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 56:6
- Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 23:8