Lexical Definition

‎דִּמְעָה‎ dimʻâh (dim-aw') tears ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎דֶּמַע‎

tears.

• weeping

1) tears

See Greek: δάκρυ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דִּמְעָה‎ noun feminine collective tears (chiefly poetic and late; frequently in Jeremiah and contemporary) (Arabic ; Assyrian dimu, dimtu Hpt^{KAT 2 Gloss i.} Zim^{BP 23, 95}; Aramaic ‎דִּמְעָא‎, ; Late Hebrew ‎דֶּמַע‎, ‎דִּמְעָה‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 80:6* + 10 t.; construct ‎דִּמְעַת‎ Eccl 4:1 suffix ‎דִּמְעָתִי‎ Ps 6:7* + 4 t.; ‎דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ‎ 2Kgs 20:5 = Isa 38:5 + Ezek 24:16 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); ‎דִּמְעָתָהּ‎ Lam 1:2 plural ‎דְּמָעוֺת‎ Ps 80:6*; Lam 2:11 — tears Ps 6:7*; Eccl 4:1; Lam 1:2; Lam 2:11 especially in Jeremiah in phrase ‎תֵּרֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎עֵינִי ד‎ etc. Jer 9:17*; Jer 13:17; Jer 14:17, compare Lam 2:18; Jer 8:23* ‎וְעֵינִי‎ ‎׳‎‎מְקוֺר ד‎; ‎אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי‎ of weeping over, in behalf of one Isa 16:9 as appealing to God's compassion 2Kgs 20:5 = Isa 38:5; Ps 39:13*; Ps 56:9* ‎׳‎‎שִׂימָה ד‎ ‎בְּנאֹדֶ֑ךָ‎ (compare Che); see also Ps 116:8; Jer 31:16; Isa 25:8 opposed to ‎רִנָּה‎ Ps 126:5 of hypocritical tears Mal 2:13 figurative tears as food Ps 42:4* (‎דִּמְעָתִי לחם‎); ‎׳‎‎לחם ד‎ Ps 80:6* as drink Ps 80:6*, compare Babylonian dimtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink (Zim^{BP 42}; || bikîtum kurmatî, weeping (was) my sustenance). — Ezek 24:16 ‎וְלֹא‎ ‎תָבוֺא דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ‎ strike out ᵐ5 Co compare vEzek 24:23.

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