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title: דָּמַם — be dumb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּמַם (1826), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: be dumb. BDB 1906: vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּמַם

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«דָּמַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be dumb** — 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 1826 · **BDB:** דָּמַם

### Glosses

be.still (4); be.silent (3); they.will.perish (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be dumb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1826/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1826/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still (NH id.; Ethiopic in ii. 1 አድመመ stupefy; iii., 1 \& 2 ተደመ, ተደመመ be astounded, stupefied)— Pf. דָּ֑מּוּ ψ 35:15 Jb 30:27; Impf. יִדֹּם Am 5:13 + 2 times, וַיִּדֹּם Lv 10:3; Jos 10:13; 3 fs. תִּדֹּם La 2:18; 2 fs. תִּדֹּמִּי Je 48:2 (so Ki Ol \& Kö327 q.v.; others Niph.); וָאֶדֹּם Jb 31:14; יִדְּמוּ Ex 15:16 + 3 times; 1 pl. cohort. נִדְּמָה Je 8:14 (Thes; or Niph.); imv. דּוֹם Jos 10:12 דֹּמּוּ ψ 4:5;— be silent ψ 4:5; 30:13; 35:15 (prob., cf. De Che), Ez 24:17; Lv 10:3 (P); Am 5:13; in grief La 2:10; 3:28. be still (opp. to both speech and motion) Jb 31:34; = perish Je 8:14; 48:2 ψ 31:18; (ד׳ לשׁאול); c. לְ be silent to i.e. be resigned to ψ 37:7; 62:6, sq. לְמוֹ עֲצָתִי Jb 29:21 (‖ לִי שָֽׁמְעוּ); be still, motionless, stand still Jos 10:12, 13 (of sun ‖ עמד); 1 S 14:9 (men); Je 47:6 (of sword ‖ הֵרָֽגְעִי); so also of bowels, as seat of mental excitement Jb 30:27; La 2:18 אַל־תִּדֹּם בַּת־עֵינֵךְ, i.e. cease not to weep (‖ הוֹרִידִי כַנַּחַל דִּמְעָה). be struck dumb, astounded, in amazement and fear Ex 15:16 (כאבן) Is 23:2 (but cf. II. דמם). Pf. 3 pl. וְנָדַמּוּ consec. Je 25:37; Impf. יִדַּמּוּ Je 49:26; 50:30, יִדָּ֑מּוּ 1 S 2:9; 2 mpl. תִּדַּמּוּ Je 51:6—be made silent, i.e. destroyed; the wicked 1 S 2:9 (בַּחשֶׁךְ), cf. Je 51:6; men of war Je 49:26; 50:30; dwellings Je 25:37. Pf. 1 s. שִׁוִּיתִי וְדוֹמַ֫מְתִּי נַפְשִׁי ψ 131:2 ‘composed and quieted my soul’ Che (as a weaned child). Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֲדִמָּנוּ he (God) hath silenced us (= caused to perish) Je 8:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּמַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1826/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.28/)

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יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* let.him.sit alone and let.him.be.silent (dm) he.has.laid.\[it\] on him

*JPS 1917:* Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.

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[Job 29:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.21/)

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לִֽי־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמ֣וֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* to me people.listened and they.waited and they.were.silent for counsel my

*JPS 1917:* Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

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