Hebrew verb · H1826
דָּמַם
damamdaw-man'
to silence: stationary; to wail; to silence: silent; to silence: destroyed
30 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dâmam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1826is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 29spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1826
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
The King James renders it: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
damam is rendered "to silence: stationary; to wail; to silence: silent; to silence: destroyed". It stands 30 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "to silence: stationary".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.
The first use
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Exodus 15:16יִדְּמ֣וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: to silence: stationary, and to wail, and to silence: silent, and to silence: destroyed.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to silence: stationaryStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a… |
| to wailStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to silence: silentStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to silence: destroyedStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- be silent3
- be still3
- they will be silenced3
- and be silent1
- and be still1
- and he was silent1
- and I have made quiet1
- and I was silent1
- and it was still1
- and let him be silent1
- and they may be silent1
- and they will be devastated1
and 12 more, 30 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 30, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
29 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִדֹּ֑ם2
- דּ֔וֹם1
- דּ֤וֹם׀1
- דּ֣וֹמִּי1
- דֹּ֗ם1
- דָ֗מּוּ1
- דֹּ֕מּוּ1
- דֹּ֖מּוּ1
- דָֽמּוּ׃1
- הֲדִמָּ֙נוּ֙1
- וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם1
- וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּי1
and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3HVNi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqv2ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqv2mp
- Hc/VNq3cp1Hc/VNq3cp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HC/Vpp1cs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HC/Vqc1cp
- HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
- HC/Vqu3ms1HC/Vqu3ms
Exodus
one use
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- יִדְּמ֣וּyidemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they have become still
Leviticus
one use
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
- וַיִּדֹּ֖םvaiyidomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was silent
Joshua
two uses
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- דּ֔וֹםdomverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be still
So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
- וַיִּדֹּ֨םvaiyidomHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was still
1 Samuel
two uses
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- יִדָּ֑מּוּyidamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be silenced
If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.
- דֹּ֕מּוּdomuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be still
Job
three uses
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
- וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּveyidemuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be silent
I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
- דָ֗מּוּdamuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been still
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
- וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗םvaedomHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I was silent
Psalms
seven uses
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- וְדֹ֣מּוּvedomuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be silent
that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
- יִדֹּ֑םyidomverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it may be silent
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
- יִדְּמ֥וּyidemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be silent
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- דָֽמּוּ׃damuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were still
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- דּ֤וֹם׀domverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be still
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
- דּ֣וֹמִּיdomiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: be silent
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
- וְדוֹמַ֗מְתִּיvedomamticonjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I have made quiet
Isaiah
one use
Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
- דֹּ֖מּוּdomuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be silent
Jeremiah
eight uses
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- וְנִדְּמָה־venidemah-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: so we may perish
- הֲדִמָּ֙נוּ֙hadimanuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: he has silenced us
The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
- וְנָדַ֖מּוּvenadamuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be devastated
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
- וָדֹֽמִּי׃vadomiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and be still
There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
- תִּדֹּ֔מִּיtidomiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be silent
For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- יִדַּ֙מּוּ֙yidamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be silenced
Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
- יִדַּ֛מּוּyidamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be silenced
Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
- תִּדַּ֖מּוּtidamuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you be destroyed
Lamentations
three uses
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
- יִדְּמוּ֙yidemuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are silent
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
- תִּדֹּ֖םtidomverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it be still
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
- וְיִדֹּ֔םveyidomHC/Vqu3mstagged: and let him be silent
Ezekiel
one use
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- דֹּ֗םdomverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be silent
Amos
one use
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- יִדֹּ֑םyidomverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be silent
The letters
Gematria 84· 644 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.