Lexical Definition

‎דּוּמָם‎ dûwmâm (doo-mawm') silence ^H:N-M
from ‎דָּמַם‎

dumb, silent, quietly wait.

• still
• adverbially, silently

n m
1) silence
adv
2) in silence, silently

See Greek: ἡσυχάζω

Extended Information

• adv

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎דּוּמָה‎ proper name

1. masculine son of Ishmael Gen 25:15 = 1Chr 1:30 compare probably Dumath al-Jandal in Northern Arabia in Jôf see Burckhardt^{Travels in Syria 662f.} Di; also Ges^Comm. on Isa 21:11, Glaser^{Skizze ii. 392, 440.}

2. city in mountains of Judah Josh 15:52, compare Δοῦμα in the Daroma, 17 miles from Eleutheropolis Lag^{Onom. 250. 2nd ed. 258}, = modern Daume, southwest from Hebron van de Velde^{Memoir 308} Guérin^{Judée iii. 359 ff.} compare Di.

3. name of Edom with mystic meaning Isa 21:11 Duma = silence of death, desolation, De Che and others (JDMich Ges Hi think 3 = 1; ᵐ5 has Ἰδουμαια; Jerome interprets as part of Idumea; still another view below I. ‎דּוּמָה‎).

‎דּוּמָם‎ noun [masculine] silence Hab 2:19 ‎׳‎‎אֶבֶן ד‎ stone of silence = dumb stone; adverb in silence, silently, Isa 47:5; Lam 3:26 (? read here ‎וְרָמַם‎ from ‎דמם‎). ‎דּוּמֶּ֫שֶׂק‎ 2Kgs 16:10 compare ‎דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎.

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