[דָּמַם] vb. be or grow dumb, silent, still
Qal
1. be silent
2. be still (opp. to both speech and motion)
3. be struck dumb, astounded
Niph. be made silent, i.e. destroyed
Po. ‘composed and quieted my soul’
Hiph. he (God) hath silenced us (= caused us to perish)