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title: דָּמַם — be dumb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּמַם (lemma:דָּמַם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:דָּמַם · **BDB:** דָּמַם

### Glosses

be.silent (1); he (1); that.we.may.perish (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be dumb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5de_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5de_5b7_5dd/#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, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5de_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.23.2/)

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דֹּ֖מּוּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אִ֑י סֹחֵ֥ר צִיד֛וֹן עֹבֵ֥ר יָ֖ם מִלְאֽוּךְ׃

*Word for word:* be.silent O.inhabitants of.\[the\].coastland O.trader of.Sidon \[one.who\].passes.over \[the\].sea they have.filled.you

*JPS 1917:* Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

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[Jeremiah 25:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.37/)

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וְנָדַ֖מּוּ נְא֣וֹת הַשָּׁל֑וֹם מִפְּנֵ֖י חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.devastated the.pastures of.(the) peace because of the.burning of.the.anger of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

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