BDB1962
דְּמוּת noun feminine likeness, similitude (mostly late) (according to LagBN 12. 147 ff. mispunct. for דִּמְוַת from דִּמְוָה; according to WeProl. 413. Eng. Tr. 389 an Aramaic Loan-word, but see Di Gen 5:1, DrJPh xi. 216 CheOP. 474) — absolute ׳ ד Isa 40:18 + 3 t.; construct ׳ ד Gen 5:1 + 16 t.; suffix דְּמוּתוֺ Gen 5:3 דְּמוּתֵנוּ Gen 1:26 —
1.
likeness, similitude, of external appearance, chiefly in Ezek.: Ezek 1:5 (likeness
, i.e. something that appeared like) so Ezek 1:26; Ezek 8:2
דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה (אֵשׁׅ (compare Co), Ezek 10:1
כִּסֵּא
׳
כְּמַרְאֵה ד; compare also Dan 10:16
כִּדְמוּת בְּנֵי אָדָם i.e. one like the sons of man; similitude, resemblance
Ezek 1:5; Ezek 1:10;
Ezek 1:16;
Ezek 1:22;
Ezek 1:26;
Ezek 10:10
; Ezek
10:21; Ezek 10:22
דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם
Ezek 1:26
׳
מַרְאֵה ד
׳
כְּבוֺד י Ezek 1:28 also 2Kgs 16:10 (pattern of altar), 2Chr 4:3 (images of oxen); of son in likeness of
father Gen 5:3 (
P
); so also of man in likeness of God Gen 1:26 (|| צֶלֶם) Gen 5:1 (both
P
); compare Isa 40:18
what
׳
ד
will ye compare to him (אֵל) ? || דִּמָּה q. v.
2. adverbially, in likeness of, like as
Isa 13:4 compare
Ezek 23:15
& ׳
כִּד
Ps 58:5. — Ezek 1:13 read
וּבֵינוֺת, see
בֵּין
and
J
P
PetersJBL 1892 40. 42. On דְּמוּת אֶחָד
Ezek 1:16; Ezek 10:10
(apparently masculine) compare Thes &
Sm who translate the likeness of one had they all four; Co reads אחת.