Jeremiah 14:17:7Jer.14.17.W7TAB
דִּמְעָ֛ה
dima
“a tear”
- Transliteration
- dim-A
- Extended
- dihm-AAH
- IPA
- /dimˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tear
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dim-A
- phraseyour reading level
te-RAD-na e-NAI dim-A
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE te-RAD-na e-NAI dim-A LAI-la ve-yo-MAM ve-al-tid-me-NA
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-le-HEM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE te-RAD-na e-NAI dim-A LAI-la ve-yo-MAM ve-al-tid-me-NA KI SHE-ver ga-DOL nish-be-RA be-tu-LAT bat-a-MI ma-KA nakh-LA me-OD
Root and etymology
d-m-ʿdalet–mem–ayin
“weeping”
In context — Jeremiah 14:17
And you shall say to them this word: "Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 14:17, so the Hebrew word דִּמְעָ֛ה (dima) 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 Jer.14.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.17.W7.S1) and character.