Lexicon
דּוּמִיָּה
du.miy.yah
H1747
H:N-F Hebrew

silence

4
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

du.miy.yah denotes a state of quietness or stillness in the Psalm passages where it occurs.

The attested uses point to quietness or stillness across Psalm contexts of Israel's praises, inward meditation before speech, confidence in God as refuge, and approach to the hearer of prayer.

Senses in use

  1. Quietness or stillness in Psalm settings · dominant

    All four occurrences are feminine singular absolute nouns. In Psalm 22:3 the APB renders a clause about God dwelling amid Israel's praises; in Psalm 39:3 it renders meditation, inward heat, and subsequent speech; in Psalm 62:2 it renders confidence in a rock, salvation, and refuge; and in Psalm 65:2 it renders prayer and all flesh coming to God. The translation does not isolate the noun's contribution in these clauses, so the shared use is stated at the level of quietness or stillness.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses through praise, meditation and speech, confidence, and prayer, but it does not supply a clearly isolatable English rendering for this noun in the cited verses. Its wording is therefore only contextual confirmation, not a word-for-word translation.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture