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title: דְּמָה — be like · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דְּמָה (lemma:דְּמָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: be like. BDB 1906: vb. be like. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּמָה

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«דְּמָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be like** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:דְּמָה · **BDB:** דְּמָה

### Glosses

\[is\].like (1); \[was\].like (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be like [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be like [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be like (BH I. דָּמָה);— Pt. act. דָּמֵה Dn 3:25 (ל pers.); f. דָּֽמְיָה 7:5 (לְדֹב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.25/)

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עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר הָֽא־אֲנָ֨ה חָזֵ֜ה גֻּבְרִ֣ין אַרְבְּעָ֗ה שְׁרַ֙יִן֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֽוֹא־נוּרָ֔א וַחֲבָ֖ל לָא־אִיתַ֣י בְּה֑וֹן וְרֵוֵהּ֙ דִּ֣י רְֽבִיעָאָ֔ה דָּמֵ֖ה לְבַר־אֱלָהִֽין׃ס

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying look! I \[am\].seeing men four loosed walking in the.midst of the.fire and hurt not there \[is\].on them and appearance his (diy).of the fourth \[is\].like (et).a son of.\[the\].gods

*JPS 1917:* He answered and said: 'Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.'

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[Daniel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/)

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וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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