Lexical Definition

‎יְקוּם‎ yᵉqûwm (yek-oom') existence ^H:N-M
from ‎קוּם‎

(living) substance.

• properly, standing (extant), i.e. by implication, a living thing

1) living substance, that which stands or exists, existence, substance

See Greek: ὑπόστασις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְקוּם‎ noun [masculine] substance, existence ‎כָּלֿ‎ ‎הַיְקוּם‎ = all that subsists Gen 7:4; Gen 7:23 (man and animal), in more limited sense Deut 11:6.

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