דמות

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־מ־ה (d-m-h)

Compare Akkadian 𒁕𒄠𒌈 (/⁠damtu, dattu⁠/, “the figure of a man”), Aramaic דְּמוּתָא (d'muta).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dmut/

Noun

דְּמוּת • (dmut) f (plural indefinite דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת, singular construct דְּמוּת־, plural construct דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת־)

1. An image, a picture, a likeness.
2. (in construct forms) A likeness: something that closely resembles (something else).
3. A character in a story.
4. An exemplar, a paragon, a picture, a model.
5. (דְּמוּת־, dmut-) singular construct state form of דְּמוּת‎.

Usage notes

• 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

• “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