דּוּמִיָּה
dûwmîyâh · doo-me-yaw'
stillness; adverbially, silently; abstractly quiet, trust
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1820 (דָּמָה);
stillness; adverbially, silently; abstractly quiet, trust
- stillness
- adverbially, silently
- abstractly, quiet, trust
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: silence, silent, waiteth.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דּוּמִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- waiteth2 · 50%
- and am not silent1 · 25%
- with silence1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.