rum denotes elevated height, most often the lofty self-exaltation of people and once the height of the heavens.

The attested use most often concerns human loftiness or self-exalting elevation: eyes, men, a king of Assyria, Moab, and the wicked are described in contexts of haughtiness, pride, or being brought low. In Proverbs 25:3, the term instead occurs in the comparison of the heavens' height with the earth's depth.

1. Human loftiness and pride · dominant

   In Isaiah 2:11 and Isaiah 2:17, the construct form occurs in clauses where the height of men is bowed down or brought low while the LORD alone is exalted. Isaiah 10:12 places it with the king of Assyria's eyes, Jeremiah 48:29 lists it among descriptions of Moab's pride, and Proverbs 21:4 places it with haughty eyes and a proud heart.

   Isaiah 10:12Isaiah 2:11Isaiah 2:17Jeremiah 48:29Proverbs 21:4
2. The elevated extent of the heavens · rare

   In Proverbs 25:3, the absolute form stands in the comparison, “As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,” before the saying about the heart of kings.

   Proverbs 25:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the construct-form contexts with expressions such as “loftiness,” “height,” and “haughty eyes,” in clauses about pride or being brought low. In Proverbs 25:3 it renders the comparison as “the heavens for height”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.