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title: דָּמָה — cease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּמָה (1820), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cease. BDB 1906: vb. cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּמָה

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«דָּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cease** — 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:** 1820 · **BDB:** דָּמָה²

### Glosses

it.will.be.destroyed (1); it.will.be.silent (1); it.will.cease (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1820/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1820/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy— Perf. 1 s. דָּמִיתִי Je 6:2, וְדָמִ֫יתִי consec. Ho 4:5; Impf. 3 fs. תִּדְמֶה La 3:49; 3 fpl. juss. תִּדְמֶינָה Je 14:17;— intr. cease Je 14:17 (eyes from weeping) La 3:49 (id.) cause to cease, cut off, destroy, c. acc. Israel (under fig. of בת־ציון) Je 6:2; (under fig. of אִמֶּ֑ךָ) Ho 4:5. Pf. נִדְמָה Is 15:1, 1 +; 3 fs. נִדְמְתָה Je 47:5; 2 ms. נִדְמֵיתָה Ob 5, נִדְמֵיתָ Ez 32:2; 1 s. נִדְמֵיתִי Is 6:5; 3 pl. נִדְמוּ Ho 4:6 +; Inf. abs. נִדְמֹה Ho 10:15; Pt. נִדְמֶה Ho 10:7; be cut off, destroyed, ruined, of a city Is 15:1, 1 (‖ שֻׁדַּד) Je 47:5; of people Ho 4:6; Zp 1:11; Ob 5; of king Ho 10:7, 15(×2) cf. Ez 32:2; of beasts ψ 49:13, 21; be ruined, undone, prophet at sight of Yahweh Is 6:5.

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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 «דָּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1820/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.49/)

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עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* eye my it.has.poured.itself and not it.will.cease from not stop(s)

*JPS 1917:* Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

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

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בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס

*Word for word:* it.will.come baldness to Gaza it.will.be.silent Ashkelon O.remnant their.valley their until when? will.you.cut.yourself

*JPS 1917:* Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?

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