דְּמִי
demi · rest, silence
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1824 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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demi (דְּמִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rest, silence”.
Silence, stillness, rest.
How to say it
de·mi
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Being still, with no noise or activity; a pause.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- rest ×2
- keep silent ×1
- quiet ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 83:1
A song. A psalm of Asaph. Elohim, do not keep silent; do not be mute, and do not be still, El.
- Isaiah 38:10
I said, “In the quiet of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I have been deprived of the rest of my years.”
- Isaiah 62:6
Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all the day and all the night continually they will not keep silent. You who remind YHWH, let there be no rest for you,
- Isaiah 62:7
and do not give him rest until he establishes her, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.