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title: דּוּמִיָּה — silence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דּוּמִיָּה (1747), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: silence. BDB 1906: n.f. silence, still waiting, repose. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּמִיָּה

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«דּוּמִיָּה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1747 · **BDB:** דּוּמִיָּה

### Glosses

silence (3); \[is\].silence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

silence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1747/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. silence, still waiting, repose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1747/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (ψ 65:2) n.f. silence, still waiting, repose—ψ 39:3 silence; 62:2 still waiting, resignation (Dr§ 189. 2; but read prob., as v 6, דֹּמִּי, Bi Gr Che); 65:2 id. (but Ew Che Bä al. דֹּמִיָּה is meet? from I. דָּמָה, 𝔊 πρέπει, v. Che); 22:3 repose (from grief and tears: Je 14:17).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «דּוּמִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1747/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 39:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.39.3/)

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נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* I.was.dumb silence I.was.silent from good and pain my it.was.stirred.up

*JPS 1917:* I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.

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[Psalms 62:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.62.2/)

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אַ֣ךְ אֶל־אֱ֭לֹהִים דּֽוּמִיָּ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* only to God \[is\].silence being my \[is\].from him salvation my

*JPS 1917:* Only for God doth my soul wait in stillness; from Him cometh my salvation.

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