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title: דּוּמָם — silence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דּוּמָם (1748), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: silence. BDB 1906: silence adv. in silence, silently. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּמָם

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«דּוּמָם» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1748 · **BDB:** דּוּמָם

### Glosses

silence (2); of.silence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

silence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1748/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

silence adv. in silence, silently [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1748/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] silence Hb 2:19 אֶבֶן ד׳ stone of silence = dumb stone; adv. in silence, silently, Is 47:5 La 3:26 (? read here וְדָמַס from דמס).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּמָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1748/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.26/)

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ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good and waiting and silence for the.salvation of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

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[Isaiah 47:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.5/)

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שְׁבִ֥י דוּמָ֛ם וּבֹ֥אִי בַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ בַּת־כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כִּ֣י לֹ֤א תוֹסִ֙יפִי֙ יִקְרְאוּ־לָ֔ךְ גְּבֶ֖רֶת מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* sit silence and go in (the) darkness O.daughter of.\[the\].Chaldeans (dm) not you.will.repeat people.will.call (to) you queen of.kingdoms

*JPS 1917:* Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

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