דָּמַם
dâmam · daw-man'
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1724 (דָּהַם), H1820 (דָּמָה));
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
- to be dumb
- by implication, to be astonished, to stop
- also, to perish
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), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּמַם 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
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and be still2 · 7%
- shall be cut off2 · 7%
- they shall be as still1 · 4%
- held his peace1 · 4%
- stand thou still1 · 4%
- stood still1 · 4%
- shall be silent1 · 4%
- thus unto us, tarry1 · 4%
- and kept silence1 · 4%
- and rested1 · 4%
- me, that i kept silence1 · 4%
- praise to thee, and not be silent1 · 4%
- and let them be silent1 · 4%
- me, and ceased1 · 4%
- rest1 · 4%
- wait1 · 4%
- and quieted1 · 4%
- be still1 · 4%
- and let us be silent1 · 4%
- hath put us to silence1 · 4%
- are cut down1 · 4%
- also thou shalt be cut down1 · 4%
- be not cut off1 · 4%
- and keep silence1 · 4%
- cease1 · 4%
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.