וְדָמֹ֨עַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְדָמֹ֨עַ

   ve-da-MO-a

   and with weeping
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע

   ve-da-MO-a tid-MA

   and with weeping it will weep
3. clause🔊 וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃

   ve-da-MO-a tid-MA ve-TE-rad e-NI dim-A KI nish-BA E-der Ye-ho-VAH

   and with weeping it will weep and it will go down my eye a tear because has been taken captive flock LORD
4. sentence🔊 וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָע֔וּהָ בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים תִּבְכֶּֽה־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִפְּנֵ֣י גֵוָ֑ה וְדָמֹ֨עַ תִּדְמַ֜ע וְתֵרַ֤ד עֵינִי֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה עֵ֥דֶר יְהוָֽה׃

   ve-IM LO tish-me-A-u-ha be-mis-ta-RIM tiv-ke-NAF-shi mip-ne GE-va ve-da-MO-a tid-MA ve-TE-rad e-NI dim-A KI nish-BA E-der Ye-ho-VAH

   and if not you will hear it or listen to it in secret places my soul will weep from before or because of pride or arrogance and with weeping it will weep and it will go down my eye a tear because has been taken captive flock LORD

Exegesis

A sequence of imperfect verbs—wə-dā-mō-ʿa {וְדָמֹעַ | wə-dā-mō-ʿa} ‘and it will drip,’ tidmaʿ {תִדְמַע | tid-maʿ} ‘it will weep,’ and wə-tērad {וְתֵרַד | wə-tē-rad} ‘and it will run down’—depicts escalating sorrow, culminating in ʿēnî dim-ʿāh {עֵינִי דִמְעָה | ʿē-nî dim-ʿā} ‘my eye tear.’