Lexical Definition

‎דָּמַם‎ dâmam (daw-man') to silence: stationary ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎דָּהַם‎, ‎דָּמָה‎)

cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.

• to be dumb
• by implication, to be astonished, to stop
• also to perish

1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be silent
1a2) to be still, die
1a3) to be struck dumb
1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed
1c) (Poal) to make quiet
1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)

See Greek: ἀποῤῥίπτω · ἀφίστημι · ἐάω · ἐπαίρω · ἵστημι · κατάγω · κατανύσσω · παύω · σιωπάω · ὑποτάσσω

Extended Information

meaning of: דָּמַם

• : silent

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎דָּמַם‎] verb be or grow dumb, silent, still (Late Hebrew id.; Ethiopic in II. stupefy; III., 1 & 2 be astounded, stupefied) —

Qal Perfect ‎דַּ֫מּוּ‎ Job 30:27, ‎דָּ֑מּוּ‎ Ps 35:15 Imperfect ‎יִדֹּם‎ Amos 5:13 + 2 t., ‎וַיִּדֹּם‎ Lev 10:3; Josh 10:13 3 feminine singular ‎תִּדֹּם‎ Lam 2:18 2 feminine singular ‎תִּדֹּמִּי‎ Jer 48:2 (so Ki Ol & Kö³²⁷ q. v.; others Niph`al); ‎וָאֶדֹּם‎ Job 31:34: ‎יִדְּמוּ‎ Exod 15:16 + 3 t.; 1 plural cohortative ‎נִדְּמָה‎ Jer 8:14 (so Thes Ol Bö Kö<sup>327 q.</sup> see; others Niph`al); —

1. be silent Ps 4:5*; Ps 30:13*; Ps 35:15 (probably, compare De Che), Ezek 24:17; Lev 10:3 (P) Amos 5:13 in grief Lam 2:10; Lam 3:28.

2. be still (opposed to both speech and motion) Job 31:34 = perish Jer 8:14; Jer 48:2; Ps 31:18* (‎לשׁאול‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎); with ‎לְ‎ be silent to i.e. be resigned to Ps 37:7; Ps 62:6*, followed by ‎לְמוֺ עֲצָתִי‎ Job 29:21 (|| ‎לִי שָֽׁמְעוּ‎); be still, motionless, stand still Josh 10:12; Josh 10:13 (of sun || ‎עמד‎); 1Sam 14:9 (men); Jer 47:6 (of sword || ‎הֵרָֽגְעִי‎); so also of bowels, as seat of mental excitement Job 30:27; Lam 2:18 ‎אַלתִּֿדֹּם בַּתעֵֿינֵךְ‎, i.e. cease not to weep (|| ‎הוֺרִידִי כַנַּחַל דִּמְעָה‎).

3. be struck dumb, astounded, in amazement and fear Exod 15:16 (‎כאבן‎) Isa 23:2 (but compare II. ‎דמם‎). Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎וְנָדַמּוּ‎ consecutive Jer 25:37 Imperfect ‎יִדַּמּוּ‎ Jer 49:26; Jer 50:30, ‎יִדָּ֑מּוּ‎ 1Sam 2:9 2 masculine plural ‎תִּדַּמּוּ‎ Jer 51:6 — be made silent, i.e. destroyed; the wicked 1Sam 2:9 (‎בַּחשֶׁךְ‎), compare Jer 51:6 men of war Jer 49:25; Jer 50:30 dwellings Jer 25:37. Po. Perfect 1 singular ‎שִׁוִּיתִי וְדוֺמַ֫מְתִּי נַפְשִׁי‎ Ps 131:2 'composed and quieted my soul' Che (as a weaned child). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎הֲדִמָּנוּ‎ he (God) hath silenced us ( = caused to perish) Jer 8:14.

II. [‎דָּמַם‎] verb wail (?; compare Assyrian damâmu, groan, wail, lament, Dl^{Baer's Ezech xi; pr 64}) — only Qal Imperative ‎דֹּ֫מּוּ ישְׁבֵי אִי‎ Isa 23:2 wail, ye coast dwellers (compare Dl^l.c.), || ‎הֵילִילוּ‎ vIsa 23:1, & ‎הֵילִילוּ ישְׁבֵי אִי‎ vIsa 23:6 most, however, assign this to I. ‎דמם‎ q. v. (3).

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