H1834

דַּמֶּשֶׂק

Dammeseq · dam-meh'-sek

Damascus, a city of Syria

Lexicon

Derivation: or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin;

Damascus, a city of Syria

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Damascus.

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
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle

The doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דַּמֶּשֶׂק 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

45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of damascus19 · 42%
damascus6 · 13%
from damascus4 · 9%
to damascus3 · 7%
at damascus2 · 4%
in damascus1 · 2%
for thee in damascus1 · 2%
against damascus1 · 2%
that was at damascus1 · 2%
garrisons in syriadamascus1 · 2%
them to damascus1 · 2%
is damascus1 · 2%
as damascus1 · 2%
behold, damascus1 · 2%
concerning damascus1 · 2%
and damascus1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק8דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק2דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק2דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק2דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק2דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙2בְּדַרְמֶ֖שֶׂק1דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮1דַמָּֽשֶׂק׃1דַּמֶּ֖שֶׂק1דַּמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙1דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.