דַּמֶּשֶׂק

דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק proper name, of a location Damascus (Assyrian Dimaš‡i, Dimas‡i, Dl^{Pa 280} Schr^{COT 1 Mos 15,2 & ABK 323} Jäger^{BAS ii. 281 f.} Arabic , ; Aramaic ᵑ7^Onk, etc. דמשק, Ps-Jon דרמשק; ) — דַּמֶּשֶׂק 1 Kong 11,24 + 28 t.; דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק 1 Mos 14,15 + 8 t.; דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 1 Kron 18,5 + 3 t. ch; דַּרְמָ֑שֶׂק 2 Kron 24,23; 2 Kron 28,5 דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 2 Kong 16,10 דְּמֶשֶׁק Amos 3,12 see following, Vrss. דַּמֶּשֶׂק; — ancient Aramaean city, situated latitude 33 degrees 30 minutes north, longitude 36 degrees 15 minutes east, in plain east of Hermon & southeast of Anti-Lebanon; on the Nahr Baradâ (Greek Chrysorrhoas); modern Dimish‡ & Esh-Sham, Rob^{BR iii. 440 ff.} Bd^{Pal 307}; Damascus 1 Mos 14,15; Amos 5,27; 1 Kong 11,24 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 14,28; Hoj 7,5 so also probably 1 Mos 15,2 (perhaps gloss compare Di), (Amos 3,12 see following); a trading-centre Ezk 27,18 as capital & residence of king of Aram 1 Kong 15,18 = 2 Kron 16,2, compare 1 Kong 20,34; 2 Kong 16,9; 2 Kong 16,10 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 16,11 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 16,12; 2 Kron 28,5; Es 7,8 (twice in verse); Es 8,4; Es 10,9 (compare Peters^{Hebraica. April 1885, 242}) Es 17,1 (twice in verse); Es 17,3; Jer 49,23; Jer 49,24; Jer 49,27 including also surrounding territory Ezk 47,16; Ezk 47,17 compare vEzk 47,18; Ezk 48,1, see ׳מִדְבַּ֫רָה ד 1 Kong 19,15 ׳נַהֲרוֺת ד 2 Kong 5,12 = kingdom Amos 1,3; Amos 1,5 compare Zak 9,1 once (late) ׳מֶלֶךְ ד 2 Kron 24,23 note also ׳אֲרַם ד 2 Sam 8,5; 2 Sam 8,6 = 1 Kron 18,5; 1 Kron 18,6 further ׳אֱלֹהֵי ד 2 Kron 28,23 (|| אֱלֹהֵי מַלְכֵי אֲרָם).