Dumam דּוּמָם
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| דּוּמָם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | dumam |
| Strong's number | H1748 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | silence |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Dumam (Hebrew דּוּמָם, Strong's H1748) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “silence”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) silence
adv
2) in silence, silently
adv
2) in silence, silently
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | silent (1), wait (1), dumb (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | silence (1), quietly (1), silent (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Dumam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 2:19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).