Lexicon
דֻּמָּה
dum.mah
H1822
H:N-F Hebrew

destroyed

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dum.mah describes Tyre as a ruined or destroyed one amid the sea in a lament.

The attested use describes Tyre in a dirge as one destroyed amid the sea.

Senses in use

  1. Ruined subject of a lament · dominant

    In Ezekiel 27:32, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the mourners' question comparing Tyre to one in the midst of the sea; the APB renders the clause, "like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?"

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 27:32, the APB presents the clause as "like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?" Its exact correspondence to the noun cannot be isolated beyond the clause's portrayal of Tyre.

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