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title: דּוּמָה — silence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דּוּמָה (1745), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: silence. BDB 1906: n.f. silence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּמָה

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«דּוּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **silence** — 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:** 1745 · **BDB:** דּוּמָה

### Glosses

of.silence (1); silence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

silence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1745/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. silence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1745/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. silence;—ד׳ = שְׁאוֹל ψ 94:17, יֹרְדֵי ד׳ ψ 115:17; also Is 21:11 מַשָּׂא דּוּמָה oracle of silence, i.e. of concealment, hidden meaning, according to Ew Di, but v. ii. ד׳, 3.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1745/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 115:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.17/)

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לֹ֣א הַ֭מֵּתִים יְהַֽלְלוּ־יָ֑הּ וְ֝לֹ֗א כָּל־יֹרְדֵ֥י דוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* not the.dead \[people\] they.will.praise Yahweh and not all \[those.who\].go.down of.silence

*JPS 1917:* The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;

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[Psalms 94:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.17/)

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לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּמְעַ֓ט ׀ שָֽׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* if.not Yahweh been\].(to).a.help \[had to me like a.little it.dwelt silence self my

*JPS 1917:* Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

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