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Song of Solomon 2:9

“My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּמָהdâmâh · daw-maw'
H1819 · Hebrew

Definition: to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
Grammar: דּוֹמֶ֤ה — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HVqrmsa
Usage: Occurs 29 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 33:56 Judges 20:5 2 Samuel 21:5 Esther 4:13 Psalms 48:10

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 דָּמָה here.

Verse 8 Verse 10

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.