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# דְּמָה

Biblical Aramaic

**be like** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be like [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דְּמָה: vb. be like [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be like (BH I. דָּמָה);— Pt. act. דָּמֵה Dn 3:25 (ל pers.); f. דָּֽמְיָה 7:5 (לְדֹב).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] like (1); \[was\] like (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.25/#tree)

עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר הָֽא־אֲנָ֨ה חָזֵ֜ה גֻּבְרִ֣ין אַרְבְּעָ֗ה שְׁרַ֙יִן֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֽוֹא־נוּרָ֔א וַחֲבָ֖ל לָא־אִיתַ֣י בְּה֑וֹן וְרֵוֵהּ֙ דִּ֣י רְֽבִיעָאָ֔ה דָּמֵ֖ה לְבַר־אֱלָהִֽין׃ס

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying look! I \[am\].seeing men four loosed walking in the.midst of the.fire and hurt not there \[is\].on them and appearance his (diy).of the fourth \[is\].like (et).a son of.\[the\].gods

*JPS 1917:* He answered and said: 'Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.'

[Daniel 7:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/#tree)

וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5de_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).