Lexical Definition

‎דָּמָה‎ dâmâh (daw-mam') to cease ^H:V
a primitive root

cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, [idiom] utterly.

• to be dumb or silent
• hence, to fail or perish
• trans. to destroy

1) to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cease
1a2) to cause to cease, destroy
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cut off
1b2) to be undone, be cut off at sight of the theophany

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎דָּמָה‎] verb cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎דָּמִיתִי‎ Jer 6:2, ‎וְדָמִ֫יתִי‎ consecutive Hos 4:5 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּדְמֶה‎ Lam 3:49 3 feminine plural jussive ‎תִּדְמֶינָה‎ Jer 14:17 —

1. intransitive cease Jer 14:17 (eyes from weeping)Lam 3:49 (id.)

2. cause to cease, cut off, destroy, with accusative Israel (under figure of ‎בתצֿיון‎) Jer 6:2 (under figure of ‎אִמֶּ֑ךָ‎) Hos 4:5. Niph`al Perfect ‎נִדְמָה‎ Isa 15:1 (twice in verse) +; 3 feminine singular ‎נִדְמְתָה‎ Jer 47:15 2 masculine singular ‎נִדְמֵיתָה‎ Obad 1:5, ‎נִדְמֵיתָ‎ Ezek 32:2 1 singular ‎נִדְמֵיתִי‎ Isa 6:5 3 plural ‎נִדְמוּ‎ Hos 4:6 +; Infinitive absolute ‎נִדְמֹה‎ Hos 10:15 Participle ‎נִדְמֶה‎ Hos 10:7 be cut off, destroyed, ruined, of a city Isa 15:1 (twice in verse) (|| ‎שֻׁדַּד‎) Jer 47:5 of people Hos 4:6; Zeph 1:11; Obad 1:5 of king Hos 10:7; Hos 10:15 (twice in verse) compare Ezek 32:2 of beasts Ps 49:13*; Ps 49:21* be ruined, undone, prophet at sight of Yahweh Isa 6:5.

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