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dāmam דָּמַםAto silence, Bto wail’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare dāham דָּהַם ‘to astonish’, dāmā דָּמָה ‘to cease’
Variants: דָּמַם, דָּמַם

dāmam v
A1) 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)
B1) wail

Mentioned in Exodus 15:16 Codex Leviticus 10:3 Joshua 10:13, 10:12 1 Samuel 2:9, 14:9 Isaiah 23:2 Jeremiah 48:2, 49:26, 50:30, 51:6, 8:14, 47:6, 25:37 Ezekiel 24:17 Amos 5:13 Psalms 37:7, 62:6, 4:5, 31:18, 30:13, 131:2, 35:15 Job 31:34, 29:21, 30:27 Lamentations 2:18, 2:10, 3:28

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