ms.
ד׳
Ez 31:8
ψ 144:4
;
3
fs.
דָּֽמְתָה
Ct 7:
8;
2
ms.
דָּמִיתָ
Ez 31:
2,
18
;
1
s.
דָּמִיתִי
ψ 102:7
;
3
pl.
דָּמוּ
Ez 31:
8;
1
pl.
דָּמִינוּ
Is 1:
9;
Impf.
3
ms.
יִדְמֶה
ψ 89:7
;
1
pl.
וְנִדְמֶה
consec.
Is 46:
5;
Imv. ms.
דְּמֵה
Ct 2:1
7;
8:14
;
Pt.
דֹּומֶה
Ct 2:
9;—
be like, resemble
, of external appearance,
sq.
לְ
,
Ct 7:8
;
2:9
,
17
;
8:14
;
sq.
אֶל־
Ez 31:8
(×2),
18
(all of tree,
fig.
of Pharaoh); of condition or quality
sq.
לְ
Is 1:9
ψ 102:7
;
144:4
; so
יִדְמֶה ליהוה
…
מִי
ψ 89:7
; also
abs.
Is 46:
5;
sq.
אֶל
Ez 31:2
.
Pi.
Pf.
דִּמָּה
2 S 21:
5,
דִּמִּיתָ
ψ 50:21
;
דִּמִּיתִי
Nu 33:5
6,
Is 14:24
;
sf.
דִּמִּיתִיךָ
Ct 1:
9,
דִּמּוּ
2 S 21:
5;
Impf.
יְדַמֶּה
Is 10:
7;
2
fs.
תְּדַמִּי
Est 4:13
(
juss.
);
אֲדַמֶּה
La 2:13 Ho 12:1
1;
2
mpl.
תְּדַמְּיוּן
Is 40:18
;
sf.
תְּדַמְּיוּנִי
Is 40:2
5;
46:5
;—
liken, compare; imagine, think, devise;
—
5.
liken
, i.e.
consider to be like, compare
, causat. of
Qal
,
sq.
לְ
of external appearance
Ct 1:9
; of quality or condition
Is 46:5
(
obj.
י׳
)
La 2:13
;
sq.
אֶל
of external a appearance
Is 40:18
,
25
(both
obj.
God in ref. to idols);
abs.
use comparisons
or
similitudes
(parables, symbols, etc.)
Ho 12:11
(subj.
י׳
).
6.
imagine, form an idea, devise
2 S 21:5
(on context
cf.
D
r);
think, intend
,
sq. Inf.
Nu 33:56
(
J
or
H
)
Ju 20:5 Est 4:13
;
abs.
Is 10:7
cf.
14:2
4;
think that
,
sq. obj.
cl. (
Impf.
without
conj.
)
ψ 50:21
;
think of
,
sq. acc.
ψ 48:10
.
Hithp.
make onself
or
become like; Impf;
אֶדַּמֶּה לְעֶלְיֹון
Is 14:14
I will make myself like the Most High
(on form
cf.
Ges
§ 54, 2).
• דְּמוּת S 1823 TWOT 437a GK 1952 n.f. likeness, similitude (mostly late)
(
according to
Lag
BN 12, 147 ff.
mispunct. for
דִּמְוַת
from
דִּמְוָה
; according to
We
Prol. 413, Eng.
Tr
389
an Aramaic loan-word, but
v. Di
Gn 5:
1,
Dr
JPh. xi. 216 Che
OP.
474
)
—
abs.
ד׳
Is 40:18
+
3 times;
cstr.
ד׳
Gn 5:1
+
16 times;
sf.
דְּמוּתֹו
Gn 5:
3;
דְּמוּתֵנוּ
1:2
6;—
1.
likeness, similitude
, of external appearance, chiefly in Ezek.:
Ez 1:5
(
likeness
, i.e. something that appeared like) so
v
26 8:2
דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה (אֵשׁ)
(
cf.
C
o),
10:1
כְּמַרְאֵה ד׳ כִּסֵּא
;
cf.
also
Dn 10:16
כִּדְמוּת בְּנֵי אָדָם
i.e.
one like the sons of man; similitude, resemblance
Ez 1:5
,
10
,
16
,
22
,
26
;
10:10
,
21
,
22
;
דְּמוּת כְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם
1:2
6;
כְּבֹוד י׳ מַרְאֵה ד׳
v
2
8; also
2 K 16:10
(pattern of altar),
2 Ch 4:3
(images of oxen); of son in likeness of father
Gn 5:3
(
P
); so also of man in likeness of God
Gn 1:26
(
||
צֶלֶם
),
5:1
(both
P
);
cf.
Is 40:18
what
ד׳
will ye compare to him
(
אֵל
)?
||
דִּמָה
q.v.
2.
adverbially,
in likeness of, like as
Is 13:4
cf.
Ez 23:15
&
כִּד׳
ψ 58:5
.—
Ez 1:13
read
וּבֵינֹות
v.
בֵּין
and
J P
Peters
JBL 1892, 40.42
. On
We J. Wellhousen, Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels .
Tr Transactions.
JPh. Journal of Philology (Engl.).
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature.