Strong's Lexicon

H1820

H1820 — דָּמָה

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

Hebrewdamahverb-stemOccurrences: 15TWOT: 438

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1820
Word:	דָּמָה
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	15
Transliteration:	damah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	daw-mam'
Meaning:	1. to be dumb or silent 2. (hence) to fail or perish 3. trans. to destroy
KJV Renderings:	cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, X utterly.

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BDB1964

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.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דמה (dah-mah’)

Jeremiah 6:2

KJV: I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.comely: or, dwelling at home

EHCC: 1 have likened the daughter of (probably,

Hosea 4:5

KJV: Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.destroy: Heb. cut off

EHCC: and I will destroy thy mother. (marg. cu

Jeremiah 14:17

KJV: Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

EHCC: let them not cease:

Lamentations 3:49

KJV: Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

EHCC: and ceaseth not,

Isaiah 6:5

KJV: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.undone: Heb. cut off

EHCC: for Jam undone; (marg.cut off)

Isaiah 15:1

KJV: The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;brought…: or, cut off

EHCC: 1. is laid waste, (and) brought to silence;

Jeremiah 47:5

KJV: Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

EHCC: Ashkelon is cut oj

Hosea 4:6

KJV: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.destroyed: Heb. cut off

EHCC: My people are destroyed (marg. cut off’)

Hosea 10:7

KJV: As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.the water: Heb. the face of the water

EHCC: ber king ema

Zephaniah 1:1

KJV: The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

EHCC: the merchant people are ext down ;

Hosea 10:15

KJV: So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.your…: Heb. the evil of your evil

EHCC: shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.