רוּם, רִים (b. h.) [to swing,] to be high, lifted up; to rise. Ab. Zar. 24ᵇ רוֹמִי רומי השיטה Ar. (ed. רוני) rise, rise, acacia (holy ark)!; Gen. R. s. 54 רומי השטה.
    Hif. - הרִים 1) to lift up, raise. Cant. R. to III, 4 (ref. to Ps. LXXV, 8) ישפיל … ויָרִים לכרש וכ׳ he shall lower Belshazzar, and lift up Cyrus and Darius; Yalk. Ps. 812 אני הוא משפיל ומֵרִים I lower and raise; מלכות … מרים he lays low one empire and raises another empire &c.; a. e. —2) to take off, remove. Ruth R. to I, 17 (ref. to Ez. XXI, 31) הסר … והָרִים העטרה וכ׳ remove the bonnet from our teachers, and take the crown off the nations; a. e.
    Hof. - הוּרָם to be taken off, esp. to be separated as an offering, priest’s share &c.; to be consecrated. Ḥall. II, 8 שלא הוּרְמָה חלתה (not הורם), v. חַלָּה. Sifré Num. 110 (ref. to Num. IV, 20) את שמוּרָם קודש וכ׳ that which is separated is to be sacred, and the remainder secular, but (no Ḥallah is to be taken,) when both would be sacred. Zeb. V, 6 המורם מהם וכ׳ the same rules apply to what is taken off them for the priest; a. fr.
    Polel. - רוֹמֵם to lift up, elevate. Tanḥ. Matt. 6; Num. R. s. 22, end (ref. to Num. XXXI, 9 and XXXII, 1) הא שהשפיל … ור׳ וכ׳ here you see that the Lord lowered the Midianites, and raised the Israelites. Ib. (ref. to I Sam. II, 7) אף … מְרוֹמֵם את זה in the anger which he brings to bear on one, he raises the other. Pesik. R. s. 10 (ref. to Ps. LXXV, 8) משפיל לכל … ומרומם וכ׳ he lowered every one that had part in the worship of the golden calf, and elevated every one that had no part &c. Ib. ועכשיו … אף כך רוֹמֵם ראשם and now that thou hast lifted up my head, lift thou up their head likewise; לך ר׳ ראשם go and lift up their heads (announce to them the divine pardon). Ib. (ref. to Ex. XXX, 12) כל מה שאתה יכול לרוֹמֵם … רוֹמְמָהּ שבאילו לי אתה מְרוֹמֵם (not רומם) in whatever way thou canst elevate that nation elevate it, for by this thou elevatest me. Ex. R. s. 25 ורִימְּמָן הקב"ה וכ׳ (fr. רָמַם) and the Lord raised them above all; a. fr.
    Hithpol. - הִתְרוֹמֵם, , Nithpol. נִתְרוֹמֵם to be lifted up; to pride one’s self. Y. Ber. IX, 14ᵃ top יתגדל … ויתברך ויִתְרוֹמַם שמך וכ׳ thy Name be magnified … and blessed and lifted up (praised) for &c.; Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ top; Gen. R. s. 13. Meg. 17ᵇ כיון … מִתְרוֹמֶמֶת קרן וכ׳ when the transgressors cease to exist, the horn of the righteous will be uplifted. Num. R. s. 22; Tanḥ. Matt. 6, a. e. אין אדם מִתְרוֹמֵם, v. רוֹמֵמוּת. Tanḥ. Mick. 3 ונִתְרוֹמְמוּ and they were raised (to power); a. e.—[Yalk. Gen. 79 מתרוממות, read: מְתַמְּרִין, v. תָּמַר.]