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title: דֹּמֶן — dung · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֹּמֶן (1828), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: dung. BDB 1906: n.m. dung. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֹּמֶן

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«דֹּמֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dung** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 1828 · **BDB:** דֹּ֫מֶן

### Glosses

dung (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1828/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1828/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. dung (Arabic دِمْنٌ ) always in this form and always of corpses, lying on ground as offal 2 K 9:37 Je 8:2; 9:21; 16:4; 25:33 ψ 83:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «דֹּמֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1828/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.11/)

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נִשְׁמְד֥וּ בְֽעֵינ־דֹּ֑ארעֵינ־דֹּ֑אר הָ֥יוּ דֹּ֝֗מֶן לָאֲדָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* they.were.destroyed at Endor they.became dung for the ground

*JPS 1917:* Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

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[2 Kings 9:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.37/)

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וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה נִבְלַ֣ת אִיזֶ֗בֶל כְּדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה בְּחֵ֣לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֑אל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יֹאמְר֖וּ זֹ֥את אִיזָֽבֶל׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.will.be the.corpse of.Jezebel like dung on the.surface of the.field in the.territory of.Jezreel that not people.will.say this \[is\].Jezebel

*JPS 1917:* and the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say: This is Jezebel.'

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