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Joshua 10:13

“And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּמַםdâmam · daw-man'
H1826 · Hebrew

Definition: to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1724 (דָּהַם), H1820 (דָּמָה));
KJV renderings: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּדֹּ֨ם — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 15:16 Leviticus 10:3 Joshua 10:12 1 Samuel 2:9 1 Samuel 14:9

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 דָּמַם here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

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.