Thummim

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biblical object divinatory object sacred object

Thummim is a sacred object in ancient Israelite religion, traditionally paired with the Urim and used by priests for divinatory consultation of God's will.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Urim and Thummim	2
Urim ve-Tummim	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical object ⓘ divinatory object ⓘ sacred object ⓘ
associatedWith	ephod ⓘ priestly vestments ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	ancient Near Eastern divination ⓘ objects in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
consultationContext	legal inquiries ⓘ military decisions ⓘ national decisions ⓘ
discussedIn	Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Jewish commentaries ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
etymologyProposedMeaning	completeness ⓘ perfections ⓘ
functionType	lot oracle ⓘ yes-no divination tool ⓘ
hasUncertainInterpretation	exact nature and operation are debated among scholars ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of 1 Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Deuteronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Leviticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
pairedExpression	Urim and Thummim NERFINISHED ⓘ
pairedTermEtymologyProposedMeaning	Urim and Thummim interpreted as "lights and perfections" NERFINISHED ⓘ
pairedWith	Urim NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousRole	instrument of decision-making ⓘ means of divine guidance ⓘ
religiousSignificance	symbol of covenant guidance ⓘ symbol of divine judgment ⓘ
religiousTradition	ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
statusOfMethodOfUse	unknown ⓘ
statusOfPhysicalForm	unknown ⓘ
subjectOf	biblical scholarship ⓘ historical-critical study ⓘ theological interpretation ⓘ
timePeriod	First Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ early Israelite monarchy ⓘ
traditionStatus	ceased to be used after the early Second Temple period according to some Jewish traditions ⓘ
usedBy	Israelite priests ⓘ high priest of Israel ⓘ
usedFor	consultation of God's will ⓘ divination ⓘ
wornOn	breastpiece of judgment ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eleazar the priest → associatedWithObject → Thummim ⓘ

Melchizedek → givesObject → Thummim ⓘ

subject surface form: Melchizedek (The Alchemist)

this entity surface form: Urim and Thummim

Exodus 28 → mentionsObject → Thummim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urim and Thummim

Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz → notableWork → Thummim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urim ve-Tummim