BDB1980

דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק proper name [of a location] Damascus (Assyrian Dimaš‡i, Dimas‡i , Dl^{Pa 280} Schr^{COT Gen 15:2 & ABK 323} Jäger^{BAS ii. 281 f.} Arabic [untranscribed source text 1170], [untranscribed source text 1171]; Aramaic ᵑ7 ^Onk , etc. דמשק, Ps-Jon דרמשק; [untranscribed source text 1172]) — דַּמֶּשֶׂק 1Kgs 11:24 + 28 t.; דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק Gen 14:15 + 8 t.; דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 1Chr 18:5 + 3 t. ch; דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק 2Chr 24:23; 2Chr 28:5 דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 2Kgs 16:10 דְּמֶשֶׁק Amos 3:12 see following, Vrss. דַּמֶּשֶׂק; — ancient Aramaean city, situated latitude 33 degrees 30 minutes north, longitude 36 degrees 15 minutes east, in plain east of Hermon & southeast of Anti-Lebanon; on the Nahr Baradâ (Greek Chrysorrhoas); modern Dimish‡ & Esh-Sham, Rob^{BR iii. 440 ff.} Bd^{Pal 307}; Damascus Gen 14:15; Amos 5:27; 1Kgs 11:24 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 14:28; Song 7:5 so also probably Gen 15:2 (perhaps gloss compare Di), (Amos 3:12 see following); a trading-centre Ezek 27:18 as capital & residence of king of Aram 1Kgs 15:18 = 2Chr 16:2, compare 1Kgs 20:34; 2Kgs 16:9; 2Kgs 16:10 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 16:11 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 16:12; 2Chr 28:5; Isa 7:8 (twice in verse); Isa 8:4; Isa 10:9 (compare Peters^{Hebraica. April 1885, 242}) Isa 17:1 (twice in verse); Isa 17:3; Jer 49:23; Jer 49:24; Jer 49:27 including also surrounding territory Ezek 47:16; Ezek 47:17 compare Ezek 47:18; Ezek 48:1, see ׳ מִדְבַּ֫רָה ד 1Kgs 19:15 ׳ נַהֲרוֺת ד 2Kgs 5:12 = kingdom Amos 1:3; Amos 1:5 compare Zech 9:1 once (late) ׳ מֶלֶךְ ד 2Chr 24:23 note also ׳ אֲרַם ד 2Sam 8:5; 2Sam 8:6 = 1Chr 18:5; 1Chr 18:6 further ׳ אֱלֹהֵי ד 2Chr 28:23 (|| אֱלֹהֵי מַלְכֵי אֲרָם).