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<p> '''''dum''''' ( אלם , <i> '''''ālam''''' </i> , אלּם , <i> ''''''illēm''''' </i> , literally, "tied in the tongue"; κωφός , <i> '''''kōphós''''' </i> ): Used either as expressing the physical condition of speechlessness, generally associated with deafness, or figuratively as meaning the silence produced by the weight of God's judgments ( [[Psalm]] 39:2-9; Daniel 10:15 ) or the oppression of external calamity ( Psalm 38:13 ). As an adjective it is used to characterize inefficient teachers destitute of spirituality ("dumb dogs," Isaiah 56:10 ). The speechlessness of Saul's companions ( Acts 9:7 ) was due to fright; that of the man without the wedding garment was because he had no excuse to give ( Matthew 22:12 ). Idols are called mute, because helpless and voiceless ( Habakkuk 2:18 , Habakkuk 2:19; 1 Corinthians 12:2 ). The dumbness of the sheep before the shearer is a token of submission ( Isaiah 53:7; Acts 8:32 ). </p> <p> Temporary dumbness was inflicted as a sign upon Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 3:26; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 33:22 ) and as a punishment for unbelief upon [[Zacharias]] ( Luke 1:22 ). There are several cases recorded of our Lord's healing the dumb ( Matthew 15:30; Mark 7:37; Luke 11:14 , etc.). [[Dumbness]] is often associated with imbecility and was therefore regarded as due to demoniac possession ( Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22 ). The evangelists therefore describe the healing of these as effected by the casting out of demons. This is especially noted in the case of the epileptic boy ( Mark 9:17 ). The deaf man with the impediment in his speech ( Mark 7:32 ) is said to have been cured by loosening the string of his tongue. This does not necessarily mean that he was tongue-tied, which is a condition causing lisping, not stammering; he was probably one of those deaf persons who produce babbling, incoherent and meaningless sounds. I saw in the asylum in [[Jerusalem]] a child born blind and deaf, who though dumb, produced inarticulate noises. </p> <p> In an old 14th-century psalter "dumb" is used as a verb in Psalm 39:1-13 : "I doumbed and meked and was ful stille." </p> | <p> '''''dum''''' ( אלם , <i> '''''ālam''''' </i> , אלּם , <i> ''''''illēm''''' </i> , literally, "tied in the tongue"; κωφός , <i> '''''kōphós''''' </i> ): Used either as expressing the physical condition of speechlessness, generally associated with deafness, or figuratively as meaning the silence produced by the weight of God's judgments ( [[Psalm]] 39:2-9; Daniel 10:15 ) or the oppression of external calamity ( Psalm 38:13 ). As an adjective it is used to characterize inefficient teachers destitute of spirituality ("dumb dogs," Isaiah 56:10 ). The speechlessness of Saul's companions ( Acts 9:7 ) was due to fright; that of the man without the wedding garment was because he had no excuse to give ( Matthew 22:12 ). Idols are called mute, because helpless and voiceless ( Habakkuk 2:18 , Habakkuk 2:19; 1 Corinthians 12:2 ). The dumbness of the sheep before the shearer is a token of submission ( Isaiah 53:7; Acts 8:32 ). </p> <p> Temporary dumbness was inflicted as a sign upon Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 3:26; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 33:22 ) and as a punishment for unbelief upon [[Zacharias]] ( Luke 1:22 ). There are several cases recorded of our Lord's healing the dumb ( Matthew 15:30; Mark 7:37; Luke 11:14 , etc.). [[Dumbness]] is often associated with imbecility and was therefore regarded as due to demoniac possession ( Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22 ). The evangelists therefore describe the healing of these as effected by the casting out of demons. This is especially noted in the case of the epileptic boy ( Mark 9:17 ). The deaf man with the impediment in his speech ( Mark 7:32 ) is said to have been cured by loosening the string of his tongue. This does not necessarily mean that he was tongue-tied, which is a condition causing lisping, not stammering; he was probably one of those deaf persons who produce babbling, incoherent and meaningless sounds. I saw in the asylum in [[Jerusalem]] a child born blind and deaf, who though dumb, produced inarticulate noises. </p> <p> In an old 14th-century psalter "dumb" is used as a verb in Psalm 39:1-13 : "I doumbed and meked and was ful stille." </p> | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 6 October 2021
dum ( אלם , ālam , אלּם , 'illēm , literally, "tied in the tongue"; κωφός , kōphós ): Used either as expressing the physical condition of speechlessness, generally associated with deafness, or figuratively as meaning the silence produced by the weight of God's judgments ( Psalm 39:2-9; Daniel 10:15 ) or the oppression of external calamity ( Psalm 38:13 ). As an adjective it is used to characterize inefficient teachers destitute of spirituality ("dumb dogs," Isaiah 56:10 ). The speechlessness of Saul's companions ( Acts 9:7 ) was due to fright; that of the man without the wedding garment was because he had no excuse to give ( Matthew 22:12 ). Idols are called mute, because helpless and voiceless ( Habakkuk 2:18 , Habakkuk 2:19; 1 Corinthians 12:2 ). The dumbness of the sheep before the shearer is a token of submission ( Isaiah 53:7; Acts 8:32 ).
Temporary dumbness was inflicted as a sign upon Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 3:26; Ezekiel 24:27; Ezekiel 33:22 ) and as a punishment for unbelief upon Zacharias ( Luke 1:22 ). There are several cases recorded of our Lord's healing the dumb ( Matthew 15:30; Mark 7:37; Luke 11:14 , etc.). Dumbness is often associated with imbecility and was therefore regarded as due to demoniac possession ( Matthew 9:32; Matthew 12:22 ). The evangelists therefore describe the healing of these as effected by the casting out of demons. This is especially noted in the case of the epileptic boy ( Mark 9:17 ). The deaf man with the impediment in his speech ( Mark 7:32 ) is said to have been cured by loosening the string of his tongue. This does not necessarily mean that he was tongue-tied, which is a condition causing lisping, not stammering; he was probably one of those deaf persons who produce babbling, incoherent and meaningless sounds. I saw in the asylum in Jerusalem a child born blind and deaf, who though dumb, produced inarticulate noises.
In an old 14th-century psalter "dumb" is used as a verb in Psalm 39:1-13 : "I doumbed and meked and was ful stille."
