דָּמַע dâmaʻ — to weep
Translated in the KJV as × sore, weep.
a primitive root; to weep.
dâmaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive absolute 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
וְדָמֹ֨עַ Jer 13:17 Infinitive absolute
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›