The meaning of “דָּמָה”
Understanding dâmâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes. - to compare - by implication, to resemble, liken, conside...
דָּמָה
compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes. - to compare - by implication, to resemble, liken, consider 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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 33:56 | “Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. ” Word: דָּמָה (dâmâh) | |
| 2 Samuel 21:5 | “And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,” Word: דָּמָה (dâmâh) | |
| Psalms 89:6 | “For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?” Word: דָּמָה (dâmâh) | |
| Isaiah 14:24 | “The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:” Word: דָּמָה (dâmâh) | |
| Ezekiel 31:18 | “To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God. ” Word: דָּמָה (dâmâh) |
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