Strong's Lexicon

H1748

H1748 — דּוּמָם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewduwmamadverbOccurrences: 3TWOT: 415c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1748
Word:דּוּמָם
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:from H1826
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:duwmam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:doo-mawm'
Meaning:1. still 2. adverbially, silently
KJV Renderings:dumb, silent, quietly wait.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1882

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 BurckhardtTravels in Syria 662f. Di; also GesComm. on Isa 21:11, GlaserSkizze ii. 392, 440.
2. city in mountains of Judah Josh 15:52, compare Δοῦμα in the Daroma, 17 miles from Eleutheropolis LagOnom. 250. 2nd ed. 258, = modern Daume , southwest from Hebron van de VeldeMemoir 308 GuérinJudée 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).


BDB1884

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.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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