DAMA, or Damula, a wild creature, about the size of a roe-buck, with horns almost Prov. vi. 5.like a stag’s, excepting that they are something flatter, and are not so large. It is mentioned in the Proverbs, and in Isaiah, as Isai. xiii. 14. Chrysost. de Sacerd. t. 4. c. 7. p. 67. & Aster. homil. 8. p. 62. צביTzebi. Acts xvii. 34. Justin. l. 36.a creature that runs very swiftly. It is called in Hebrew, Tzeb or Tzebi.
Library / Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged
Volume I · D
Dama
Spotted an error in this section? Report it
To cite this page
Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Dama,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/d/dama/.