Definition

properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing

Etymology

apparently a form of H3971 (מאוּם);

Where the KJV renders it

• fault
• no(-ught)
• ought
• somewhat
• any (no-)thing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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