1820. damah
Strong's Lexicon
damah: To be like, resemble, liken, compare, imagine, think

Original Word: דָּמָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: damah
Pronunciation: dah-maw'
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-mam')
Definition: To be like, resemble, liken, compare, imagine, think
Meaning: to be dumb, silent, to fail, perish, trans, to destroy

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3666 (homoioō): To make like, liken, compare

- G1503 (eikōn): Image, likeness

Usage: The Hebrew verb "damah" primarily conveys the idea of comparison or resemblance. It is used to express the act of likening one thing to another, often in the context of metaphor or simile. The term can also imply the act of imagining or thinking, suggesting a mental comparison or conceptualization.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the use of metaphor and simile was a common rhetorical device, employed to convey complex ideas through familiar imagery. The verb "damah" reflects this cultural practice, as it is often used in poetic and prophetic literature to draw comparisons between the divine and the mundane, or to illustrate moral and spiritual truths. Understanding these comparisons was crucial for the audience to grasp the deeper meanings of the texts.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim root
Definition
to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy
NASB Translation
cease (1), completely cut off (1), cut off (2), destroy (1), destroyed (1), perish (2), ruined (5), silenced (1), unceasingly* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. [דָּמָה] verb cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy

Qal Perfect1singular דָּמִיתִי Jeremiah 6:2, וְדָמִ֫יתִי consecutive Hosea 4:5; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּדְמֶה Lamentations 3:49; 3feminine plural jussive תִּדְמֶינָה Jeremiah 14:17; —

1 intransitive cease Jeremiah 14:17 (eyes from weeping)Lamentations 3:49 (id.)

2 cause to cease, cut off, destroy, with accusative Israel (under figure of בתצֿיון) Jeremiah 6:2; (under figure of אִמֶּ֑ךָ) Hosea 4:5.

Niph`al Perfect נִדְמָה Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse) +; 3feminine singular נִדְמְתָה Jeremiah 47:15; 2masculine singular נִדְמֵיתָה Obadiah 5, נִדְמֵיתָ Ezekiel 32:2; 1singular נִדְמֵיתִי Isaiah 6:5; 3plural נִדְמוּ Hosea 4:6 +; Infinitive absolute נִדְמֹה Hosea 10:15; Participle נִדְמֶה Hosea 10:7; be cut off, destroyed, ruined, of a city Isaiah 15:1 (twice in verse) ("" שֻׁדַּד) Jeremiah 47:5; of people Hosea 4:6; Zephaniah 1:11; Obadiah 5; of king Hosea 10:7,15 (twice in verse) compare Ezekiel 32:2; of beasts Psalm 49:13; Psalm 49:21; be ruined, undone, prophet at sight of Yahweh Isaiah 6:5.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cease, be cut down off, destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, utterly

A primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. To destroy -- cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, X utterly.

Forms and Transliterations
וְדָמִ֖יתִי ודמיתי נִדְמ֥וּ נִדְמְתָ֥ה נִדְמֵ֔יתָה נִדְמֵ֗יתִי נִדְמֶ֥ה נִדְמָ֔ה נִדְמָ֖ה נִדְמָֽה׃ נִדְמָה֙ נִדְמֹ֥ה נִדְמֽוּ׃ נדמה נדמה׃ נדמו נדמו׃ נדמיתה נדמיתי נדמתה תִּדְמֶ֑ינָה תִדְמֶ֖ה תדמה תדמינה niḏ·māh niḏ·mê·ṯāh niḏ·mə·ṯāh niḏ·mê·ṯî niḏ·meh niḏ·mōh niḏ·mū nidMah niḏmāh nidMeh niḏmeh nidMeitah nidMeiti nidmeTah niḏmêṯāh niḏməṯāh niḏmêṯî nidMoh niḏmōh nidMu niḏmū tiḏ·me·nāh ṯiḏ·meh tidMeh ṯiḏmeh tidMeinah tiḏmenāh vedaMiti wə·ḏā·mî·ṯî wəḏāmîṯî
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Psalm 49:12
HEB: נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃
NAS: He is like the beasts that perish.
KJV: the beasts [that] perish.
INT: is like the beasts perish

Psalm 49:20
HEB: נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃
NAS: Is like the beasts that perish.
KJV: not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
INT: is like the beasts perish

Isaiah 6:5
HEB: לִ֣י כִֽי־ נִדְמֵ֗יתִי כִּ֣י אִ֤ישׁ
NAS: Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because
KJV: I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man
INT: Woe Because I am ruined Because man

Isaiah 15:1
HEB: עָ֤ר מוֹאָב֙ נִדְמָ֔ה כִּ֗י בְּלֵ֛יל
NAS: is devastated [and] ruined; Surely
KJV: is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night
INT: Ar of Moab ruined Surely A night

Isaiah 15:1
HEB: קִיר־ מוֹאָ֖ב נִדְמָֽה׃
NAS: of Moab is devastated [and] ruined.
KJV: is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;
INT: Kir of Moab ruined

Jeremiah 14:17
HEB: וְיוֹמָ֖ם וְאַל־ תִּדְמֶ֑ינָה כִּי֩ שֶׁ֨בֶר
NAS: and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin
KJV: and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin
INT: and day not cease for has been crushed

Jeremiah 47:5
HEB: אֶל־ עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית
NAS: Ashkelon has been ruined. O remnant
KJV: Ashkelon is cut off [with] the remnant
INT: upon Gaza has been ruined Ashkelon remnant

Lamentations 3:49
HEB: נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃
KJV: trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
INT: pour not and ceaseth Without stopping

Hosea 4:5
HEB: עִמְּךָ֖ לָ֑יְלָה וְדָמִ֖יתִי אִמֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: with you by night; And I will destroy your mother.
KJV: with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
INT: by night will destroy your mother

Hosea 4:6
HEB: נִדְמ֥וּ עַמִּ֖י מִבְּלִ֣י
NAS: My people are destroyed for lack
KJV: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
INT: are destroyed my people corruption

Hosea 10:7
HEB: נִדְמֶ֥ה שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מַלְכָּ֑הּ
NAS: Samaria will be cut off [with] her king
KJV: her king is cut off as the foam
INT: will be cut Samaria king

Hosea 10:15
HEB: רָֽעַתְכֶ֑ם בַּשַּׁ֕חַר נִדְמֹ֥ה נִדְמָ֖ה מֶ֥לֶךְ
NAS: of Israel will be completely cut off.
KJV: of Israel utterly be cut off.
INT: wickedness dawn will be completely cut the king

Hosea 10:15
HEB: בַּשַּׁ֕חַר נִדְמֹ֥ה נִדְמָ֖ה מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: of Israel will be completely cut off.
KJV: of Israel utterly be cut off.
INT: dawn will be completely cut the king of Israel

Obadiah 1:5
HEB: לַ֔יְלָה אֵ֣יךְ נִדְמֵ֔יתָה הֲל֥וֹא יִגְנְב֖וּ
NAS: O how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal
KJV: by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen
INT: night how will be ruined not have stolen

Zephaniah 1:11
HEB: הַמַּכְתֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֤י נִדְמָה֙ כָּל־ עַ֣ם
NAS: of Canaan will be silenced; All
KJV: people are cut down; all they that bear
INT: of the Mortar for will be silenced for all the people

15 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1820
15 Occurrences


niḏ·māh — 4 Occ.
niḏ·meh — 1 Occ.
niḏ·mê·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
niḏ·mê·ṯî — 1 Occ.
niḏ·mə·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
niḏ·mōh — 1 Occ.
niḏ·mū — 3 Occ.
ṯiḏ·meh — 1 Occ.
tiḏ·me·nāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ḏā·mî·ṯî — 1 Occ.
















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