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Ezekiel 27:18
“Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseq · dam-meh'-sek
H1834 · Hebrew
H1834 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Damascus, a city of Syria
- Derivation
- or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin;
- KJV renderings
- Damascus.
- Grammar
- דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂק — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:15Genesis 15:22 Samuel 8:52 Samuel 8:61 Kings 11:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דַּמֶּשֶׂק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.