Isaiah 16:9:8Isa.16.9.W8TAB
דִּמְעָתִ֔י
dimati
“my tears”
- Transliteration
- dim-a-TI
- Extended
- dihm-ah-TEE
- IPA
- /dim.ʕaːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my tears
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
dim-a-TI
- clause
al-KEN ev-ke biv-KHI ya-ze-R GE-fen siv-MA a-ra-YA-vek dim-a-TI khe-shBON ve-el-a-LE
- sentence
al-KEN ev-ke biv-KHI ya-ze-R GE-fen siv-MA a-ra-YA-vek dim-a-TI khe-shBON ve-el-a-LE KI al-KEI-tsekh ve-al-ke-tsi-REKH HEI-dad na-FAL
Exegesis
The discourse shifts with the Piel imperfect arayyavekh {אֲרַיָּוֶךְ | ʾă-ra-yā-vekh} ‘I will drench you,’ taking dimati {דִּמְעָתִי | dim-ʿā-tî} ‘my tears’ as its direct object to convey the outpouring of sorrow.
Root and etymology
d-m-ʿdalet–mem–ayin
“tear, drop”
In context — Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will weep with Jazer’s lament for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, for the shout over your summer fruit and your harvest has fallen.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 16:9, so the Hebrew word דִּמְעָתִ֔י (dimati) 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 Isa.16.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.9.W8.S1) and character.