דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק proper name, of a location Damascus (Assyrian Dimaš‡i, Dimas‡i, Dl^{Pa 280} Schr^{COT Genesis 15:2 & ABK 323} Jäger^{BAS ii. 281 f.} Arabic , ; Aramaic ᵑ7^Onk, etc. דמשק, Ps-Jon דרמשק; ) — דַּמֶּשֶׂק 1 Kings 11:24 28t.; דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק Genesis 14:15 8t.; דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 1 Chronicles 18:5 3t. ch; דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק2Chronicles 24:23; 28:5; דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 2 Kings 16:10; דְּמֶשֶׁק Amos 3:12 see following, Vrss. דַּמֶּשֶׂק; — ancient Aramaean city, situated latitude 33 degrees 30 minutes north, longitude 36 degrees 15 minutes east, in plain east of Hermon & southeast of Anti-Lebanon; on the Nahr Baradâ (Greek Chrysorrhoas); modern Dimish‡ & Esh-Sham, Rob^{BR iii. 440 ff.} Bd^{Pal 307}; Damascus Genesis 14:15; Amos 5:27; 1 Kings 11:24 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 14:28; Songs 7:5; so also probably Genesis 15:2 (perhaps gloss compare Di), (Amos 3:12 see following); a trading-centre Ezekiel 27:18; as capital & residence of king of Aram 1 Kings 15:18 2Chronicles 16:2, compare 1 Kings 20:34; 2 Kings 16:9,10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 16:11 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 16:12; 2Chronicles 28:5; Isaiah 7:8 (twice in verse); Isaiah 8:4; Isaiah 10:9 (compare Peters^{Hebraica. April 1885, 242}) Isaiah 17:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 17:3; Jeremiah 49:23,24,27; including also surrounding territory Ezekiel 47:16,17 compare Ezekiel 47:18; Ezekiel 48:1, see ׳מִדְבַּ֫רָה ד 1 Kings 19:15; ׳נַהֲרוֺת ד 2 Kings 5:12; = kingdom Amos 1:3,5 compare Zechariah 9:1; once (late) ׳מֶלֶךְ ד2Chronicles 24:23; note also ׳אֲרַם ד 2 Samuel 8:5,6 = 1 Chronicles 18:5,6; further ׳אֱלֹהֵי ד2Chronicles 28:23 ("" אֱלֹהֵי מַלְכֵי אֲרָם).