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Meaning and etymology of the name Thummim
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Thummim 
The Thummim is one of two enigmatic items that were placed in the breastplate of the high priest; the other one being the Urim (Exodus 28:30). We don't know what they were or what they were made of but the Urim and the Thummim were somehow used to consult God (Numbers 27:21, 1 Samuel 28:6).
The word thummim is most likely a derivation of the wonderful Hebrew root  (tamam), meaning to be complete. This root yields the following derivatives:  (tom), meaning integrity,  (tumma) the female form of integrity, (tam), meaning perfect,  (tamim) complete,  (metom) entirety.
The word thummim looks a lot like (tamim) complete, a word that is used to describe sacrifices - without blemish and perfect. Speech that is tamim is 'complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact,' as BDB Theological Dictionary has it. But the word thummim is a noun and thus probably a plural of either (tom) integrity, or (tam) perfect.
Thummim means Perfections or Integrities.
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