Lexical Summary domi: cessation, a pause, a quiet, a rest Original Word: דְּמִיTransliteration: domi Phonetic Spelling: (dem-ee') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: cessation, a pause, a quiet, a rest Meaning: cessation, a pause, a quiet, a rest Strong's Concordance cutting off, rest, silence Or domiy {dom-ee'}; from damah; quiet -- cutting off, rest, silence. see HEBREW damah Brown-Driver-Briggs H1824. domi דֳּמִי noun [masculine] cessation, pause, quiet, rest; ׳ד Isaiah 62:6 2t.; construct דְּמִי 38:10 (but see below); — 1 quiet, in phrase ׳אַלדֿ לָכֶם Isaiah 62:6 keep not quiet (let there be no quiet to you); in prayer to God ׳אַלדֿ לָךְ Psalm 83:2 keep not quiet (inactive; "" שׁקט חרשׂ,); compare ד ׳וְאַלתִּֿתְּנוּ לוֺ Isaiah 62:7 and give no rest to him (׳י). 2 in phrase יָמַי בִּדְמִי, apparently quiet, peacefulness, even tenour, of my days (so De Or SS); others, as Hi Ew Che Di, pause, resting-time, i.e. noon-day (compare ᵑ9 ᵑ6, & height ᵐ5), figurative of middle life, but usage dubious; KloSK 1884, 157 cessation, pause, of natural end of life, Hezekiah's natural expectation, in, contrast with the speedy death implied in vb; but parallelism of Isaiah 62:11a is ag. this; Brd emends בְּרֻם after ᵐ5; Klol.c. suggests בְּתֹם or כְּתֹם as possible, though not necessary; — but view stated first is on the whole best. |
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