The meaning of “דַּמֶּשֶׂק”
Understanding Dammeseq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or דּוּמֶשֶׂק Dûwmeseq (doo-meh'-sek); or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק Darmeseq (dar-meh'-sek); of foreign origin Damascus. - § Damascus ...
דַּמֶּשֶׂק
or דּוּמֶשֶׂק Dûwmeseq (doo-meh'-sek); or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק Darmeseq (dar-meh'-sek); of foreign origin Damascus. - § Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver" - Damascus, a city of Syria 1) an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 15:2 | “And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?” Word: דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq) | |
| 1 Kings 19:15 | “And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:” Word: דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq) | |
| 1 Chronicles 18:5 | “And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.” Word: דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq) | |
| Song of Solomon 7:4 | “Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.” Word: דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq) | |
| Jeremiah 49:24 | “Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.” Word: דַּמֶּשֶׂק (Dammeseq) |
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