דִּמְעָה

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 Sl 80,6 + 10 t.; construct דִּמְעַת Praed 4,1 suffix דִּמְעָתִי Sl 6,7 + 4 t.; דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ 2 Kong 20,5 = Es 38,5 + Ezk 24,16 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); דִּמְעָתָהּ Klg 1,2 plural דְּמָעוֺת Sl 80,6; Klg 2,11 — tears Sl 6,7; Praed 4,1; Klg 1,2; Klg 2,11 especially in Jeremiah in phrase תֵּרֵד ׳עֵינִי ד etc. Jer 9,17; Jer 13,17; Jer 14,17, compare Klg 2,18; Jer 8,23 וְעֵינִי ׳מְקוֺר ד; אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ דִּמְעָתִי of weeping over, in behalf of one Es 16,9 as appealing to God's compassion 2 Kong 20,5 = Es 38,5; Sl 39,13; Sl 56,9 ׳שִׂימָה ד בְּנאֹדֶ֑ךָ (compare Che); see also Sl 116,8; Jer 31,16; Es 25,8 opposed to רִנָּה Sl 126,5 of hypocritical tears Mal 2,13 figurative tears as food Sl 42,4 (דִּמְעָתִי לחם); ׳לחם ד Sl 80,6 as drink Sl 80,6, compare Babylonian dimtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink (Zim^{BP 42}; || bikîtum kurmatî, weeping (was) my sustenance). — Ezk 24,16 וְלֹא תָבוֺא דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ strike out ᵐ5 Co compare vEzk 24,23.