דְּמִיdᵉmîy
cessation, pause, quiet, rest
Pronunciation: dem-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1824
Meanings
1. quiet (Isaiah 62:6; Psalms 83:2; Isaiah 62:7)
2. in phrase בִּדְמִי יָמַי, apparently quiet, peacefulness, even tenour (Isaiah 62:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 83:1 O God, do not be silent! Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, O God.
- Isaiah 38:10 I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”
- Isaiah 62:6 O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.
- Isaiah 62:7 Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
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).