--- title: דַּמֶּשֶׂק — Damascus · The Tanakh dictionary description: דַּמֶּשֶׂק (1834), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: Damascus. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Damascus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1834.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1491-2.md)‎ / דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎ # דַּמֶּשֶׂק «דַּמֶּשֶׂק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Damascus** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 36 times · **Key:** 1834 · **BDB:** דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק ### Glosses Damascus (21); of.Damascus (13); \[is\].Damascus (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) Damascus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1834/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr.loc. Damascus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1834/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Damascus (Assyrian Dimašḳi, Dimasḳi, DlPa 280 SchrCOT Gn 15, 2 \& ABK 323 Jäger BAS ii. 281 f.; Arabic دَمِشْقُ, دِمِشْقُ; Aramaic 𝔗 Onk, etc. דמשק, Ps-Jon דרמשק; ܕܰܪܡܣܘܽܩ )—דַּמֶּשֶׂק 1 K 11:24 + 28 times; דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק Gn 14:15 + 8 times; דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 1 Ch 18:5 + 3 times Ch; דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק 2 Ch 24:23; 28:5, דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 2 K 16:10; דְּמֶשֶׁק Am 3:12 v. foll., Vrss. דַּמֶּשֶׂק;—ancient Aramaean city, situated lat. 33° 30ˊ N., long. 36° 15ˊ E., in plain E. of Hermon \& SE. of Anti-Lebanon; on the Nahr Baradâ (Gk. Chrysorrhoas); mod. Dimishḳ \& Esh-Sham, RobBR iii. 440 ff. BdPal 307; Damascus Gn 14:15; Am 5:27; 1 K 11:24(×2) 2 K 14:28; Ct 7:5; so also prob. Gn 15:2 (perhaps gloss cf. Di), (\&Am 3:12 v. foll.); a trading-centre Ez 27:18; as capital \& residence of king of Aram 1 K 15:18 = 2 Ch 16:2, cf. 1 K 20:34; 2 K 16:9, 10(×2), 11(×2), 12; 2 Ch 28:5; Is 7:8(×2); 8:4; 10:9 (cf. PetersHbr April 1885, 242) 17:1(×2), 3; Je 49:23, 24, 27; including also surrounding territory Ez 47:16, 17 cf. v 18; 48:1, v. מִדְבַּ֫רָה ד׳ 1 K 19:15; נַהֲרוֹת ד׳ 2 K 5:12; = kingdom Am 1:3, 5 cf. Zc 9:1; once (late) מֶלֶךְ ד׳ 2 Ch 24:23; note, also אֲרַם ד׳ 2 S 8:5, 6 = 1 Ch 18:5, 6; further אֱלֹהֵי ד׳ 2 Ch 28:23 (‖ אֱלֹהֵי מַלְכֵי אֲרָם). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 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 (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «דַּמֶּשֶׂק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1834/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Isaiah 17:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.1/) מַשָּׂ֖א דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק הִנֵּ֤ה דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ מוּסָ֣ר מֵעִ֔יר וְהָיְתָ֖ה מְעִ֥י מַפָּלָֽה׃ *Word for word:* the.oracle of.Damascus there! Damascus \[is\].about.to.be.removed from a.city and it.will.be a.ruin of.a.ruin *JPS 1917:* The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. [Jeremiah 49:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.27/) וְהִצַּ֥תִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בֶּנ־הֲדָֽדבֶּנ־הֲדָֽד׃ס *Word for word:* and I.will.kindle a.fire at the.wall of.Damascus and it.will.consume the.fortresses of Ben.Hadad *JPS 1917:* And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. - ← previous: [דְּמֶשֶׁק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1833.md) - next →: [דָּן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1835.md) - ↑ back to [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1491-2.md)