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דמך (e/o) vb. to sleep, lie down, die (→ דמך , דמך #2 , דמכו , מדמוך ; CPA ܕܡܟ LSp 47, SA דמך ST Gen 41:5) Pe. 1. to sleep: a. alone: איזיל דמוך גו מטללתך go sleep in your succa Suk 53a(24); לא נייח ולא דמך he neither rests nor sleeps TN Num 23:24; EchRB 119:10; part.pass. asleep [Sy ܕܡܝܟ LS 157]: ואשכחוניה דמיך they found him asleep VRK 251:4; Ber 2d(22); Pea 15c(21); pl. אשכחון דמיכין he found them asleep Bes 63a(45); b. w. ingressive ל fall asleep [= MH 2 ישן לו ]: ודמך לה TN Gen 2:21 [H ויישן ]; ib. 28:11; 41:5; דאת דמך לך והיא מנטרה לך you go to sleep and it guards you Pea 15d(51); דמך ליה ולא לעי <באורייתא> דמך ליה ולא עביד עיבידה he falls asleep and doesn't study the Law. He falls asleep and doesn't work BR 156:9; VR 796:1; VRK 251:3; c. preceded by → √נום : אכל נם ודמך ליה he ate, became drowsy, and fell asleep Ter 45c(52); Tan 66d(48); VRG 251:3; KohR 16a(38)[!]; וחדה נימה ולא דמכה one is drowsy and does not sleep Am 7a:19; ib. 22; 2. to lie down: a. alone: דהוה דמיך וקאים בזימרין he lay down and got up to the sound of songs Meg 74a(37); במה הוא דמך TN Ex 22:26 [H במה ישכב ]; ib. Lev 14:47; Dt 24:13; b. w. על : דהוה דמיך על ערשא פחיתא he was lying on a broken bed EchR 47:26; TN Gen 28:13; ib. Lev 15:24; c. w. עם : עימיך הוא דמיך עימי לית הוא דמיך he will lie with you (in the grave). He will not lie with me BR 812:2 // ib. 838:5; FTV Dt 13:7; 3. to be motionless: כהדא אלפה דהיא דמכה בלב ים like a boat which lies motionless in the middle of the sea VRG 248:2; 4. to die: ר׳ ינאי זעירא דמך חמוי PN's father-in-law died Ber 6a(31); Kil 32b(10); AZ 42c(32); כד דמך ר׳ יודן נשייא Naz 56a(6); BR 632:4; מן דדמך after he died Seq 49b(1); Svu 34c(16); KohR 29a(21); ר׳ מאיר הוה אידמיך באסייא PN was dying in GN Kil 32c(32) // Ket 35b(33); BR 48:1; PRK 198:9; מדמך שורי בכי as he was dying he began to cry BR 1240:3; ib. 671:5; מי דמך פקיד ואמ׳ while dying he charged and said Sot 24c(30); Git 49a(23); Naz 52d(14); AZ 42c(38); מי דמכא אמרה BQ 7a(24); אמרון תלתה פסוקין מידמכין they said three verses as they were dying BR 672:2 // AZ 42c(25) 