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title: דָּמַע — weep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּמַע (1830), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: weep. BDB 1906: vb. weep. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּמַע

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«דָּמַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weep** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1830 · **BDB:** דָּמַע

### Glosses

bitterly.(weep) (1); it.will.weep (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1830/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. weep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1830/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. weep (NH id., Arabic دَمَعَ \& دَمِعَ Aramaic דְּמַע, ܕܡܰܥ: Assyrian in deriv., v. infr.), Impf. 3 fs., and Inf. abs., וְדָמֹעַ תִּדְמַע וְתֵרֵד עֵינִי דִּמְעָה Je 13:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּמַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1830/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 13:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.17/)

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וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and if not you will.listen.to.it in secret.places it.will.weep self my because of pride and bitterly.(weep) it.will.weep and it.will.run.down eye my tear\[s\] (dm) it.has.been.taken.captive the.flock of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and mine eyes shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.

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