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title: דִּמְעָה — tears · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּמְעָה (1832), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: tears. BDB 1906: n.f. tears. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּמְעָה

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«דִּמְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tears** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 23 times · **Key:** 1832 · **BDB:** דִּמְעָה

### Glosses

tear\[s\] (18); of.tear\[s\] (2); tears (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tears [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1832/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tears [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1832/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. coll. tears (chiefly poet. and late; freq. in Je. and contemp.) (Arabic دَمْعٌ; Assyrian dimu, dimtu HptKAT2 Gloss i. ZimBP 23, 95; Aramaic דִּמְעָא, ܕܶܡܥܳܐ; NH דֶּמַע, דִּמְעָה)—abs. ד׳ ψ 80:6 + 10 times; cstr. דִּמְעַת Ec 4:1; sf. דִּמְעָתִי ψ 6:7; + 4 times; דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ 2 K 20:5 = Is 38:5 + Ez 24:16 (del. 𝔊 Co); דִּמְעָתָהּ La 1:2; pl. דְּמָעוֹת ψ 80:6 La 2:11—tears ψ 6:7 Ec 4:1; La 1:2; 2:11; especially in Je. in phrase תֵּרֵד עֵינִי ד׳ etc. Je 9:17; 13:17; 14:17, cf. La 2:18; Je 8:23 וְעֵינִי מְקוֹר ד׳; אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי of weeping over, in behalf of one Is 16:9; as appealing to God’s compassion 2 K 20:5 = Is 38:5 ψ 39:13; ψ 56:9 שִׂימָה ד׳ בְּנֹאדֶ֑ךָ (cf. Che) v. also ψ 116:8; Je 31:16; Is 25:8; opp. רִנָּה ψ 126:5; of hypocritical tears Mal 2:13; fig. tears as food ψ 42:4 (דִּמְעָתִי להם); לחם ד׳ 80:6; as drink 80:6, cf. Babyl. dimtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink (ZimBP 42; ‖ bikîtum kurmatî, weeping (was) my sustenance).—Ez 24:16 וְלֹא תָבוֹא דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ del. 𝔊 Co cf. v 23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּמְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1832/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 126:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.5/)

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הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּדִמְעָ֗ה בְּרִנָּ֥ה יִקְצֹֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].sow with tear\[s\] with a.shout.of.joy they.will.reap

*JPS 1917:* They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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[Psalms 80:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.6/)

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הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּם לֶ֣חֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה וַ֝תַּשְׁקֵ֗מוֹ בִּדְמָע֥וֹת שָׁלִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* you have.fed.them bread of.tear\[s\] and you have.made.them.drink (in) tears a.third.of.a.measure

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

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