How to Pronounce Thummim
THUM-im
Thummim is pronounced THUM-im (ˈθʌmɪm): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: THUHM-im.
What does Thummim mean?
Thummim means “perfection; truth”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Thummim?
Perfection (LXX., “truth;” Vulg., “veritas”), Ex. 28:30; Deut. 33:8; Judg. 1:1; 20:18; 1 Sam. 14:3, 18; 23:9; 2 Sam. 21:1. What the “Urim and Thummim” were cannot be determined with any certainty. All we certainly know is that they were a certain divinely-given means by which God imparted, through the high priest, direction and counsel to Israel when these were needed. The method by which this was done can be only a matter of mere conjecture. They were apparently material objects, quite distinct from the breastplate, but something added to it after all the stones had been set in it, something in addition to the breastplate and its jewels.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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