דמות
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ד־מ־ה (d-m-h) |
Compare Akkadian 𒁕𒄠𒌈 (/damtu, dattu/, “the figure of a man”), Aramaic דְּמוּתָא (d'muta).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /dmut/
Noun[edit]
דְּמוּת • (dmut) f (plural indefinite דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת, singular construct דְּמוּת־, plural construct דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת־)
- An image, a picture, a likeness.
- (in construct forms) A likeness: something that closely resembles (something else).
- A character in a story.
- An exemplar, a paragon, a picture, a model.
- (דְּמוּת־, dmut-) Singular construct state form of דְּמוּת.
Usage notes[edit]
- In addition to the plural form דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת (dmuyót) given above, in Medieval Hebrew the forms דְּמוּתִים (dmutím) and דְּמוּתוֹת (dmutót) are attested as well.
References[edit]
- “דְּמוּת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 227.
- H1823 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible