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title: דִּמְיֹן — likeness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּמְיֹן (1825), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: likeness. BDB 1906: likeness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּמְיֹן

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«דִּמְיֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **likeness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1825 · **BDB:** דִּמְיֹן

### Glosses

likeness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

likeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1825/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

likeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1825/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] likeness, דִּמְיֹנוֹ כְּאַרְיֵה ψ 17:12 his likeness is as a lion, i. e. he is like a lion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «דִּמְיֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1825/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.12/)

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דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* likeness his \[is\].like a.lion \[which\].it.longs to tear.to.pieces and like a.young.lion \[which\].sits in secret.places

*JPS 1917:* He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

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