2 Kings 20:5:132 Kgs.20.5.W13TAB
אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ
etdimatekha
“your tears”
- Transliteration
- et-dim-a-TE-kha
- Extended
- eht-dihm-ah-TEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.dimˈʕaː.θɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your tears
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-dim-a-TE-kha
- clause
SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ne-GID-a-MI ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE da-VID a-VI-kha sha-MA-e-ti et-te-fi-LA-te-kha ra-I-ti et-dim-a-TE-kha
- sentence
SHUV ve-a-MAR-ta el-khiz-ki-YA-hu ne-GID-a-MI ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE da-VID a-VI-kha sha-MA-e-ti et-te-fi-LA-te-kha ra-I-ti et-dim-a-TE-kha hin-ne-NI ro-FE LAKH ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ta-a-LE BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The sequential perfects shamati {שָׁמַעְתִּי | šāma‘ṯî} ‘I have heard’ and raiti {רָאִיתִי | rā’ītî} ‘I have seen,’ each introduced by the object marker et {אֶת | ʾēṯ}, convey divine perception.
In context — 2 Kings 20:5
Go back and speak to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people: “This is what the LORD —the God of your father David—says: I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears; see, I am restoring your health. On the third day you will go up to the house of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ (etdimatekha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.20.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.5.W13.S1) and character.