STRONGS H1832:
Abbreviations
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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׳ Psalm 80:6 +
10 times; construct
דִּמְעַת Ecclesiastes 4:1;
suffix דִּמְעָתִי Psalm 6:7 +
4 times;
דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ 2 Kings 20:5 =
Isaiah 38:5 +
Ezekiel 24:16 (strike out
Co);
דִּמְעָתָהּ Lamentations 1:2; plural
דְּמָעוֺת Psalm 80:6;
Lamentations 2:11 —
tears Psalm 6:7;
Ecclesiastes 4:1;
Lamentations 1:2;
Lamentations 2:11; especially in Jeremiah in phrase
תֵּרֵד עֵינִי ד׳ etc.
Jeremiah 9:17;
Jeremiah 13:17;
Jeremiah 14:17, compare
Lamentations 2:18; Jeremiah 8:23
וְעֵינִי מְקוֺר ד׳;
אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי of weeping over, in behalf of one
Isaiah 16:9; as appealing to God's compassion
2 Kings 20:5 =
Isaiah 38:5;
Psalm 39:13;
Psalm 56:9 שִׂימָה ד׳ בְּנאֹדֶ֑ךָ (compare Che); see also
Psalm 116:8;
Jeremiah 31:16;
Isaiah 25:8; opposed to
רִנָּה Psalm 126:5; of hypocritical tears
Malachi 2:13; figurative tears as food
Psalm 42:4 (
דִּמְעָתִי לחם);
לחם ד׳ Psalm 80:6; as drink
Psalm 80:6, compare Babylonian
dimtu maštîtî,
tears (were) my drink (Zim
BP 42; ||
bikîtum kurmatî,
weeping (was) my sustenance). —
Ezekiel 24:16 וְלֹא תָבוֺא דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ strike out
Co compare
Ezekiel 24:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
2 Kings
20:5; 20:5
Psalms
6:7; 6:7; 39:13; 42:4; 56:9; 80:6; 80:6; 80:6; 80:6; 116:8; 126:5
Ecclesiastes
4:1; 4:1
Isaiah
16:9; 25:8; 38:5; 38:5
Jeremiah
9:17; 13:17; 14:17; 31:16
Lamentations
1:2; 1:2; 2:11; 2:11; 2:18
Ezekiel
24:16; 24:16; 24:23
Malachi
2:13