דָּהַם dâham — to be dumb, i.e. (figuratively) dumbfounded
Translated in the KJV as astonished.
a primitive root (compare H1740); to be dumb, i.e. (figuratively) dumbfounded.
dâham in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Participle (active) 1
נִדְהָ֔ם Jer 14:9 Participle (active), masculine singular
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›