Strong's Definition
a prim root (compare 1724, 1820); to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
KJV Usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
דָּמַם (da.mam) — to silence: stationary. : stationary 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
דָּמַם (da.mam) — to wail. wail
דָּמַם (da.mam) — to silence: silent. : silent 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
דָּמַם (da.mam) — to silence: destroyed. : destroyed 1) to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be silent 1a2) to be still, die 1a3) to be struck dumb 1b) (Niphal) to be silenced, be made silent, destroyed 1c) (Poal) to make quiet 1d) (Hiphil) to make silent (cause to die)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · דְּמָמָה · דֻּמָה
Non-Move | verb qal | ≈ עמד · רגע
to stand still, to be still, to wait = to refrain from moving
Non-Speak | verb qal
to be silent, to keep silent, to remain silent, to be silenced = to refrain from speaking
LEV 10:3 · JOB 29:21 · JOB 31:34 · PSA 4:5 · PSA 30:13 · PSA 31:18 · PSA 35:15 · PSA 37:7 · PSA 62:6 · ISA 23:2 · LAM 2:10 · LAM 2:18 · LAM 3:28 · EZK 24:17 · AMO 5:13
Non-Exist | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif
to silence, to destroy = literally: to silence; hence: = to destroy an object so that it is unable to either move, speak, or act anymore
1SA 2:9 · JER 8:14 · JER 8:14 · JER 25:37 · JER 48:2 · JER 49:26 · JER 50:30 · JER 51:6
Non-Engage | verb qal
to be still = action by which someone refrains from performing an event
Non-Engage | verb pi
to calm, to quieten = causative action by which someone causes someone else to refrain from performing an event
1 LEV 10:3 The exact reason for Aaron's silence is under debate.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[דָּמַם] vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still Qal be silent
be still (opp. to both speech and motion)
be struck dumb, astounded
Niph. be made silent, i.e. destroyed
Po. ‘composed and quieted my soul’
Hiph. he (God) hath silenced us (= caused us to perish)
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[דָּמַם] vb. wail—Is 23:2 ref
