Word Study · Strong's H1819 · Hebrew
דָּמָה
damah
daw-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: dâmâh
“to compare”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
Rendered in the KJV as
compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
- 30occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 30inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 30 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 30
- אֶדַּמֶּ֖ה1
- אֲדַמֶּה־1
- אֲדַמֶּֽה׃1
- דּוֹמֶ֤ה1
- דָמָ֥ה1
- דָּמָ֑ה1
- דְּמֵה־1
- דִּמָּה־1
- דִּמּ֣וּ1
- דָמוּ֙1
- דִּמִּ֣ינוּ1
- דָּמִֽינוּ׃ ס1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 28
- are you like2
- will you liken me2
- [is] like1
- and be like1
- and we may be alike1
- be like1
- he intended1
- he is like1
- he planned1
- I am like1
- I gave parables1
- I have intended1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 25
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- HC/Vqu1cp1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person feminine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi1cs · 2
- HVpi2mp/Sp1bs · 2
- HVpp1cs · 2
- HVqp2ms · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HC/Vqu1cp · 1
- HC/Vqv2ms · 1
- HVNp2ms · 1
- HVpi2mp/Sn · 1
- HVpi3ms · 1
- HVpj2fs · 1
- HVpp1cp · 1
All 30, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah8 of 30 · 27%
- Psalms5 of 30 · 17%
- Song of Solomon5 of 30 · 17%
- Ezekiel5 of 30 · 17%
- Numbers1 of 30 · 3%
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Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 48:9דִּמִּ֣ינוּdiminuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common pluralWithin Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.here: we have reflected on
- Psalms 50:21דִּמִּ֗יתָdimitaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.here: you imagined
- Psalms 89:6יִדְמֶ֥הyidmehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?here: is he like?
- Psalms 102:6דָּ֭מִיתִיdamitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularI am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.here: I am like
- Psalms 144:4דָּמָ֑הdamahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMan is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.here: he is like
Song of Solomon5 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 1:9דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְdimitikhverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularI compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.here: I liken you
- Song of Solomon 2:9דּוֹמֶ֤הdomehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularMy beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.here: [is] like
- Song of Solomon 2:17דְּמֵה־demeh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularBefore the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.here: be like
- Song of Solomon 7:7דָּֽמְתָ֣הdametahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularYour stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.here: it is like
- Song of Solomon 8:14וּֽדְמֵה־udemeh-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularCome away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.here: and be like
Isaiah8 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:9דָּמִֽינוּ׃ סdaminuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common pluralUnless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.here: we were like
- Isaiah 10:7יְדַמֶּ֔הyedamehverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.here: he intended
- Isaiah 14:14אֶדַּמֶּ֖הʾeddamehverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”here: I will make myself like
- Isaiah 14:24דִּמִּ֙יתִי֙dimitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularThe LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.here: I have intended
- Isaiah 40:18תְּדַמְּי֣וּןtedameyunverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunTo whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?here: will you liken !
- Isaiah 40:25תְדַמְּי֖וּנִיtedameyuniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.here: will you liken me
- Isaiah 46:5תְדַמְי֖וּנִיtedamyuniverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularTo whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?here: will you liken me
- Isaiah 46:5וְנִדְמֶֽה׃venidmehHC/Vqu1cpTo whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?here: and we may be alike
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 31:2דָּמִ֥יתָdamitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?here: are you like
- Ezekiel 31:8דָמוּ֙damuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.here: they were like
- Ezekiel 31:8דָמָ֥הdamahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.here: it was like
- Ezekiel 31:18דָמִ֥יתָdamitaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularWho then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”here: are you like
- Ezekiel 32:2נִדְמֵ֑יתָnidmeitaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’here: you became like
Same headword in Strong's