da.mam denotes becoming quiet or still, whether in silence, halted movement, or a silencing brought by judgment.

The verb most often marks quietness or silence in responses, waiting, mourning, and inward restraint; it also describes physical stillness, notably the sun’s halted course, and persons or places silenced amid defeat and judgment.

1. Keeping quiet or restrained · dominant

   Qal forms occur in commands or statements of silence: in Amos 5:13 the prudent person is quiet in an evil time, while in Job 29:21 listeners keep silence for counsel. In Leviticus 10:3 Aaron is silent after Moses speaks, and in Ezekiel 24:17 the imperative stands beside instructions not to make mourning.

   Amos 5:13Job 29:21Leviticus 10:3Ezekiel 24:17Job 31:34Lamentations 3:28
2. Becoming stationary or settled · common

   In Joshua 10:12 a Qal imperative addresses the sun, and Joshua 10:13 follows with the sun being stationary while the moon stands. Psalm 131:2 uses a Polel perfect for the speaker’s soul being composed and stilled, extending the observed use from halted motion to settled inward quiet.

   Joshua 10:12Joshua 10:13Psalm 131:2Psalm 37:7Job 30:27
3. Being silenced in defeat or judgment · common

   Several Niphal forms place those silenced within scenes of ruin: in 1 Samuel 2:9 the wicked are silenced in darkness, and in Jeremiah 49:26 the men of battle are silenced as young men fall. Jeremiah 25:37 applies the same outcome to habitations of peace before the LORD’s burning anger.

   1 Samuel 2:9Exodus 15:16Jeremiah 25:37Jeremiah 48:2Jeremiah 49:26Jeremiah 50:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the forms as “silent,” “keeps silent,” “be stationary,” “stilled,” and “silenced.” These renderings indicate the surrounding clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.