hebrew #1819 - דָּמָה damah

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider -- compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳דEzekiel 31:8; Psalm 144:4; 3feminine singular דָּֽמְתָה Cant 7:8; 2 masculine singular דָּמִיתָEzekiel 31:2,18; 1singular דָּמִיתִיPsalm 102:7; 3plural דָּמוּEzekiel 31:8; 1plural דָּמִינוּIsaiah 1:9; Imperfect3masculine singular יִדְמֶהPsalm 89:7; 1plural וְנִדְמֶה consecutive Isaiah 46:5; Imperative masculine singular דְּמֵהSongs 2:17; Songs 8:14; ParticipleדּוֺמֶהSongs 2:9; — be like, resemble, of external appearance, followed by לְ, Cant 7:8; Song 2:9,17; 8:14; followed by אֶלֿEzekiel 31:8 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 31:18 (all of tree, figurative of Pharaoh); of condition or quality followed by לְIsaiah 1:9; Psalm 102:7; Psalm 144:4; so מִי ֗֗֗ יִדְמֶה ליהוהPsalm 89:7; also absolute Isaiah 46:5; followed by אֶלEzekiel 31:2.

Pi`elPerfectדִּמָּה2 Samuel 21:5, דִּמִּיתָPsalm 50:21; דִּמִּיתִיNumbers 33:56; Isaiah 14:24; suffix דִּמִּיתִיךָSongs 1:9, דִּמּוּ2 Samuel 21:5; ImperfectיְדַמֶּהIsaiah 10:7; 2feminine singular תְּדַמִּיEsther 4:13 (jussive); אֲדַמֶּהLamentations 2:13; Hosea 12:11; 2masculine plural תְּדַמְּיוּןIsaiah 40:18; suffix תְּדַמְּיוּנִיIsaiah 40:25; Isaiah 46:5; — liken, compare; imagine, think, devise; —

1liken, i.e. consider to be like, compare, causative of

Qal followed by לְ of external appearance Songs 1:9; of quality or condition Isaiah 46:5 (object ׳י) Lamentations 2:13; followed by אֶל of external appearance Isaiah 40:18,25 (both object God in reference to idols); absolute use comparisons or similitudes (parables, symbols, etc.) Hosea 12:11 (subject ׳י).

2imagine, form an idea, devise2 Samuel 21:5 (on context compare Dr); think, intend, followed by Infinitive Numbers 33:56 (J or H) Judges 20:5; Esther 4:13; absolute Isaiah 10:7; compare Isaiah 14:24; think that, followed by object clause (Imperfect without conjunction) Psalm 50:21; think of, followed by accusative Psalm 48:10. Hithpa`elmake oneself or become like; Imperfectאֶדַּמֶּה לְעֶלְיוֺןIsaiah 14:14I will make myself like the Most High (on form compare Ges^{§ 54}. 2).

[דְּמָה] verbbe like (Biblical Hebrew I. דָּמָה); —

Pe`alParticiple activeדָּמֵהDaniel 3:25 (ל person); feminine דָּֽמְיָהDaniel 7:5 (לְדֹב).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1819. דָּמָה (damah) — 30 Occurrences

Numbers 33:56
HEB:וְהָיָ֗ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּמִּ֛יתִי לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָהֶ֖ם
NAS:And as I plan to do
KJV: Moreover it shall come to pass, [that] I shall do unto you, as I thought to do
INT: become and plan to do will do

Judges 20:5
HEB:לָ֑יְלָה אוֹתִי֙ דִּמּ֣וּ לַהֲרֹ֔ג וְאֶת־
NAS: because of me. They intended to kill
KJV: upon me by night, [and] thought to have slain
INT: the house night intended to kill my concubine

2 Samuel 21:5
HEB:כִּלָּ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּמָּה־ לָ֑נוּ נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ
NAS: us and who planned to exterminate
KJV: that consumed us, and that devised against us [that] we should be destroyed
INT: consumed and who planned to exterminate remaining

Esther 4:13
HEB:אֶסְתֵּ֑ר אַל־ תְּדַמִּ֣י בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ לְהִמָּלֵ֥ט
NAS: to Esther, Do not imagine that you in the king's
KJV: Esther, Think not with thyself
INT: Esther not imagine thyself escape

Psalm 48:9
HEB: דִּמִּ֣ינוּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ
NAS:We have thought on Your lovingkindness,
KJV:We have thought of thy lovingkindness,
INT:have thought God your lovingkindness

Psalm 50:21
HEB:עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀ וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי דִּמִּ֗יתָ הֱֽיוֹת־ אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה
NAS: and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like
KJV: and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether
INT: have done kept thought was altogether was just

Psalm 89:6
HEB:יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ לַיהוָ֑ה יִדְמֶ֥ה לַ֝יהוָ֗ה בִּבְנֵ֥י
NAS: of the mighty is like the LORD,
KJV: of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
INT: is comparable the LORD is like the LORD afflicted

Psalm 102:6
HEB: דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר
NAS:I resemble a pelican
KJV:I am like a pelican of the wilderness:
INT:resemble A pelican of the wilderness

Psalm 144:4
HEB:אָ֭דָם לַהֶ֣בֶל דָּמָ֑ה יָ֝מָ֗יו כְּצֵ֣ל
NAS: Man is like a mere breath; His days
KJV: of him!Man is like to vanity: his days
INT: Man A mere is like his days shadow

Songs 1:9
HEB:בְּרִכְבֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְ רַעְיָתִֽי׃
NAS: To me, my darling, you are like My mare
KJV:I have compared thee, O my love,
INT: the chariots of Pharaoh are like my darling

Songs 2:9
HEB: דּוֹמֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ לִצְבִ֔י
NAS: My beloved is like a gazelle or
KJV: My beloved is like a roe or a young
INT:is like my beloved A gazelle

Songs 2:17
HEB:הַצְּלָלִ֑ים סֹב֩ דְּמֵה־ לְךָ֨ דוֹדִ֜י
NAS: my beloved, and be like a gazelle
KJV: my beloved, and be thou like a roe
INT: and the shadows Turn and be like my beloved A gazelle

Songs 7:7
HEB:זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ
NAS: Your stature is like a palm tree,
KJV: This thy stature is like to a palm tree,
INT: likewise your stature is like A palm and your breasts

Songs 8:14
HEB:בְּרַ֣ח ׀ דּוֹדִ֗י וּֽדְמֵה־ לְךָ֤ לִצְבִי֙
NAS: my beloved, And be like a gazelle
KJV: my beloved, and be thou like to a roe
INT: Hurry my beloved and be like A gazelle or

Isaiah 1:9
HEB:הָיִ֔ינוּ לַעֲמֹרָ֖ה דָּמִֽינוּ׃ ס
NAS: We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.
KJV: as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
INT: have been Gomorrah would be like

Isaiah 10:7
HEB:לֹא־ כֵ֣ן יְדַמֶּ֔ה וּלְבָב֖וֹ לֹא־
NAS: Yet it does not so intend, Nor
KJV:Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart
INT: Nor so intend heart Nor

Isaiah 14:14
HEB:בָּ֣מֳתֵי עָ֑ב אֶדַּמֶּ֖ה לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'
KJV: of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
INT: the heights of the clouds will make the Most

Isaiah 14:24
HEB:לֹ֞א כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּמִּ֙יתִי֙ כֵּ֣ן הָיָ֔תָה
NAS: just as I have intended so
KJV: saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed,
INT: as I have intended so has happened

Isaiah 40:18
HEB:וְאֶל־ מִ֖י תְּדַמְּי֣וּן אֵ֑ל וּמַה־
NAS: To whom then will you liken God?
KJV:To whom then will ye liken God?
INT: to whom liken God how long

Isaiah 40:25
HEB:וְאֶל־ מִ֥י תְדַמְּי֖וּנִי וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה יֹאמַ֖ר
NAS: To whom then will you liken Me That I would be [his] equal?
KJV:To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal?
INT: to whom liken shall I be equal saith

Isaiah 46:5
HEB: לְמִ֥י תְדַמְי֖וּנִי וְתַשְׁו֑וּ וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי
NAS: To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal
KJV:To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal,
INT: to whom liken and make and compare

Isaiah 46:5
HEB:וְתַשְׁו֑וּ וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי וְנִדְמֶֽה׃
NAS: and compare Me, That we would be alike?
KJV: and compare me, that we may be like?
INT: and make and compare liken

Jeremiah 6:2
HEB:הַנָּוָה֙ וְהַמְּעֻנָּגָ֔ה דָּמִ֖יתִי בַּת־ צִיּֽוֹן׃
INT: the comely and dainty compare the daughter of Zion

Lamentations 2:13
HEB:אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ מָ֣ה אֲדַמֶּה־ לָּ֗ךְ הַבַּת֙
NAS: you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter
KJV: for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter
INT: admonish to what compare daughter Jerusalem

Ezekiel 31:2
HEB:אֶל־ מִ֖י דָּמִ֥יתָ בְגָדְלֶֽךָ׃
NAS: Whom are you like in your greatness?
KJV: and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
INT: about are you like greatness

Ezekiel 31:8
HEB:בְּרוֹשִׁ֗ים לֹ֤א דָמוּ֙ אֶל־ סְעַפֹּתָ֔יו
NAS: it; The cypresses could not compare with its boughs,
KJV: him: the fir trees were not like his boughs,
INT: the cypresses not compare with boughs

Ezekiel 31:8
HEB:אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ דָמָ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו בְּיָפְיֽוֹ׃
NAS: garden could compare with it in its beauty.
KJV: of God was like unto him in his beauty.
INT: God's could compare in beauty

Ezekiel 31:18
HEB:אֶל־ מִ֨י דָמִ֥יתָ כָּ֛כָה בְּכָב֥וֹד
NAS: are you thus equal in glory
KJV:To whom art thou thus like in glory
INT: to which equal thus glory

Ezekiel 32:2
HEB:כְּפִ֥יר גּוֹיִ֖ם נִדְמֵ֑יתָ וְאַתָּה֙ כַּתַּנִּ֣ים
NAS: and say to him, 'You compared yourself to a young lion
KJV: and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion
INT: A young of the nations compared you the monster

Hosea 12:10
HEB:וּבְיַ֥ד הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים אֲדַמֶּֽה׃
NAS: the prophets I gave parables.
KJV: visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry
INT: and through the prophets gave