דּוּמָםdûwmâm
דּוּמָה: 1.
Pronunciation: doo-mawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1748
Meanings
son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30; Isaiah 21:11)
2. city in mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:52)
3. name of Edom with mystic meaning (Isaiah 21:11)
דּוּמָם: in silence, silently (Habakkuk 2:19; Isaiah 47:5; Lamentations 3:26)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 47:5 “O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
- Lamentations 3:26 So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.
- Habakkuk 2:19 What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols, ‘Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say, ‘Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).