King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1748
Transliteration: dumam
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-mawm')
Part of Speech: proper name; masculine; noun masculine; adverb
Short Definition: a silence, in silence, silently
Meaning: a silence, in silence, silently
Word Summary
dumam: a silence, in silence, silently
Original Word: דּוּמָםTransliteration: dumam
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-mawm')
Part of Speech: proper name; masculine; noun masculine; adverb
Short Definition: a silence, in silence, silently
Meaning: a silence, in silence, silently
Strong's Concordance
dumb, silent, quietly wait From damam; still; adverbially, silently -- dumb, silent, quietly wait.
see HEBREW damam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1748. dumam
II. דּוּמָה proper name
1. masculine son of Ishmael Genesis 25:15 = 1 Chronicles 1:30 compare probably Dumath al-Jandal in Northern Arabia in Jôf see BurckhardtTravels in Syria 662f. Di; also GesComm. on Isaiah 21:11, GlaserSkizze ii. 392, 440.
2 city in mountains of Judah Joshua 15:52, compare Δοῦμα in the Daroma, 17 miles from Eleutheropolis LagOnom. 250. 2nd ed. 258, = modern Daume, southwest from Hebron van de VeldeMemoir 308 GuérinJudée iii. 359 ff. compare Di.
3 name of Edom with mystic meaning Isaiah 21:11 Duma = silence of death, desolation, De Che and others (JDMich Ges Hi think 31; ᵐ5 has Ἰδουμαια; Jerome interprets as part of Idumea; still another view below I.דּוּמָה).
דּוּמָם noun [masculine] silence Habakkuk 2:19 ד ׳אֶבֶן stone of silence = dumb stone;
adverb in silence, silently, Isaiah 47:5; Lamentations 3:26 (? read here וְרָמַם from דמם).
דּוּמֶּ֫שֶׂק 2 Kings 16:10 compare דַּמֶּשֶׂק.