דָּמָה
dâmâh · daw-mam'
to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy
- to be dumb or silent
- hence, to fail or perish
- trans. to destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּמָה 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that perish2 · 13%
- and brought to silence2 · 13%
- is cut off2 · 13%
- is me! for i am undone1 · 6%
- i have likened1 · 6%
- and let them not cease1 · 6%
- and ceaseth1 · 6%
- and i will destroy1 · 6%
- are destroyed1 · 6%
- utterly1 · 6%
- be cut off1 · 6%
- art thou cut off1 · 6%
- are cut down1 · 6%
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.