H1819 - דָּמָה (dâmâh)

H1819 דָּמָה (dâmâh) daw-maw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

KJV Usage: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דָּמָה (da.mah) — to resemble. 1) to be like, resemble 1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to liken, compare 1b2) to imagine, think 1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like 1d) (Niphal) Aramaic equivalent: de.mah (דְּמָה "be like" H1821)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

דמה (H1819 · H1820 · A1821)

verb · דֳּמִי · דמם

End | verb qal | ≈ הַפֻגָה

to cease = process by which part of the body is reduced to inactivity

JER 14:17 · LAM 3:49

Non-Exist | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ שׁדד · כרת

to perish, to be no more = process by which humans or objects are removed from existence, through death or total destruction

PSA 49:13 · PSA 49:21 · ISA 6:5 · ISA 15:1 · ISA 15:1 · JER 6:2 · JER 47:5 · HOS 4:5 · HOS 4:6 · HOS 10:7 · HOS 10:15 · HOS 10:15 · OBA 1:5 · ZEP 1:11

verb · דְּמוּת · דְּמִי · דִּמְיֹון

Compare | verb qal, verb nif, verb pe'al | ≈ משׁל · ערך · שׁוה

to be like, to be comparable to, to resemble = process by which the similarity or dissimilarity between two entities is measured

PSA 89:7 · PSA 102:7 · PSA 144:4 · SNG 2:9 · SNG 2:17 · SNG 7:8 · SNG 8:14 · ISA 1:9 · ISA 46:5 · EZK 31:2 · EZK 31:8 · EZK 31:8 · EZK 31:18 · EZK 32:2 · DAN 3:25 · DAN 7:5

Compare | verb hit

to make oneself like = action by which humans place themselves at the level of deities claiming to be similar

ISA 14:14

Compare | verb pi | ≈ דְּמוּת · משׁל · ערך · שׁוה

to compare = action by which humans measure the similarity or dissimilarity between two entities

SNG 1:9 · ISA 40:18 · ISA 40:25 · ISA 46:5 · LAM 2:13

Compare | verb pi

to speak through parables meaning unsure; possibly: = to pass on a message with the help of simple stories and figures of speech

HOS 12:11

Think | verb pi | ≈ חשׁב · יעץ

to think, to intend = action by which humans or deities exercise their minds in order to determine a course of action that will achieve a certain purpose

NUM 33:56 · JDG 20:5 · 2SA 21:5 · EST 4:13 · PSA 48:10 · PSA 50:21 · ISA 10:7 · ISA 14:24

¹ HOS 12:11 RSV ESV "gave parables" NIV "told parables" NJPS "spoke parables" GNT "gave warnings" CEV "messages of doom" | REB "declared my mind" | NRSV "bring destruction"

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דָּמָה vb. be like, resemble Qal be like, resemble

Pi. liken, compare; imagine, think, devise liken, i.e. consider to be like, compare

imagine, form an idea, devise

Hithp. make oneself or become like

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