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H1826 דָּמַם (dâmam) daw-man'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a prim root (compare 1724, 1820); to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

KJV Usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דָּמַם (da.mam) — to silence: stationary. : stationary 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)

דָּמַם (da.mam) — to wail. wail

דָּמַם (da.mam) — to silence: silent. : silent 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)

דָּמַם (da.mam) — to silence: destroyed. : destroyed 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · דְּמָמָה · דֻּמָה

Non-Move | verb qal | ≈ עמד · רגע

to stand still, to be still, to wait = to refrain from moving

EXO 15:16 · JOS 10:12 · JOS 10:13 · 1SA 14:9 · JER 47:6

Non-Speak | verb qal

to be silent, to keep silent, to remain silent, to be silenced = to refrain from speaking

LEV 10:3 · JOB 29:21 · JOB 31:34 · PSA 4:5 · PSA 30:13 · PSA 31:18 · PSA 35:15 · PSA 37:7 · PSA 62:6 · ISA 23:2 · LAM 2:10 · LAM 2:18 · LAM 3:28 · EZK 24:17 · AMO 5:13

Non-Exist | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif

to silence, to destroy = literally: to silence; hence: = to destroy an object so that it is unable to either move, speak, or act anymore

1SA 2:9 · JER 8:14 · JER 8:14 · JER 25:37 · JER 48:2 · JER 49:26 · JER 50:30 · JER 51:6

Non-Engage | verb qal

to be still = action by which someone refrains from performing an event

JOB 30:27

Non-Engage | verb pi

to calm, to quieten = causative action by which someone causes someone else to refrain from performing an event

PSA 131:2

1 LEV 10:3 The exact reason for Aaron's silence is under debate.

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[דָּמַם] vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still Qal be silent

be still (opp. to both speech and motion)

be struck dumb, astounded

Niph. be made silent, i.e. destroyed

Po. ‘composed and quieted my soul’

Hiph. he (God) hath silenced us (= caused us to perish)

base

[דָּמַם] vb. wail—Is 23:2 ref

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