Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Oseas 4:5

נדמה Was destroyed.⁵A. V., Brought to silence. Comp. ודמיתי and I shall destroy⁶On Hos. 4:5, I. E. remarks that דמה followed by אל signifies to be similar, without אל to destroy. (Hos. 4:5).

[Daniel 2:5] ʿAneh malka (עָנֵה מַלְכָּא - Answered the king): There are many words in the Chaldean language [Aramaic] whose interpretation depends on the context (lit. 'according to the sense of the place'). And according to my interpretation, azda (אַזְדָּא) [from the phrase mill'ta minni azda (מִלְּתָה מִנִּי אַזְדָּא)] is like kayyama (קַיָּמָא) [Aramaic: established, certain] and is true. The meaning is: this word/decree is established/certain [from me]. However, [the consequence is]: “If you will not make known to me the dream and its meaning,” you are liable to death [This is Ibn Ezra's paraphrase of the threat haddamin titʿavdun (הַדָּמִין תִּתְעַבְדוּן)]. And Yefet [ben Ali] said: [It means] “you shall be made pieces, pieces” (k'tiʿot k'tiʿot - קְטִיעוֹת קְטִיעוֹת). And he [Yefet] said that similar [usage of the related root ד-מ-ה, meaning 'to resemble' or 'to destroy/silence', connecting it to haddamin] is [in] “the king of Samaria shall be utterly cut off (nidmoh - נִדְמֹה)” [Hosea 10:15] and likewise “and I will destroy (v’damiti - וְדָמִיתִי) your mother” [Hosea 4:5]. As if it said: Pieces, pieces you shall be made by the sword. And the word n'vali (נְוָלִי) [from the phrase u-vatteikhon n'vali yit'samun (וּבָתֵּיכוֹן נְוָלִי יִתְּשָׂמוּן) - and your houses shall be made into n'vali] [means] ruins, destruction, and desolation. And Rabbi Yeshua said: [It means] like domen (דֹּמֶן - dung/refuse).

נדמיתי I am undone. I am cut off from the company of the holy ones; comp. ודמיתי And I will destroy (Hos. 4:5). Some compare it with דׂמִּי Be silent (Ps. 62:6). This view also may be correct.