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