דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק

𐤃𐤌𐤔𐤒

dameseq

of Damascus

or דּוּמֶשֶׂק; or דַּרְמֶשֶׂק; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria; Damascus.

H1834

2 Samuel 8:5 · Word #3

Lexicon H1834

Lemmaדַּמֶּשֶׂק
Lemma (Paleo)𐤃𐤌𐤔𐤒
TransliterationDammeseq
Strong'sH1834
In-contextof Damascus

Morphology HNp All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype p — Proper Name — Proper name

SIBI-P1 H1834-05

Dammeseq

Rootדמשק (d-m-š-q)
Core Meaningsproper name; ancient Aramean city; capital of Syria
Semantic RangeThe ancient city of Dammeseq (Damascus), capital of Aram (Syria); by extension, the Aramean kingdom or its political power.
Conceptual SignificanceDammeseq is a प्रमुख center of Aramean power and a frequent adversary of Israel in the historical books. It functions as a symbol of foreign strength, political intrigue, and divine judgment in the prophetic literature.
Morphological NotesProper noun, singular; place name; of foreign origin. Appears without prefixes or suffixes in the cited forms.
Rendering RationaleThe form is a Hebrew proper noun (HNp), singular, referring to a specific city. Because the name is of foreign origin and not transparently derived from a Hebrew verbal root, the most faithful rendering preserves its Hebrew form "Dammeseq" rather than substituting the later Anglicized "Damascus."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root דמשק (proper name; ancient Aramean city; capital of Syria)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1834-02 bedameseq in Dammeseq (Damascus)
H1834-03 bedaremeseq in Dammeseq (Damascus)
H1834-06 daremaseq Dammeseq (Damascus)

Word Usage (45 occurrences of H1834)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 14:15 לְ/דַמָּֽשֶׂק ledamaseq of Damascus
Genesis 15:2 דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק dameseq of Damascus
2 Samuel 8:5 דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק dameseq of Damascus