צָמָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6772

thirst — used 17 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

thirst tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָמָא: thirst tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] thirst;—abs. צ׳ Ex 17:3 +, sf. צְמָאִי ψ 69:22, etc.;—Ex 17:3 (E), Ju 15:18; Ho 2:5; Am 8:13; La 4:4; Ne 9:20 ψ 69:22; ‖ רָעָב Is 5:13 (van d. H. צָמָה), Dt 28:48; Ne 9:15; 2 Ch 32:11; of wild asses ψ 104:11, of fish וְתָמֹת בַּצּ׳ Is 50:2, but read perhaps (or בַּצְּמֵאָה) וּבְהֶמְתָּם בַּצָּמֵא GunkSchöpf. 98 CheHpt. Marti (cf. Is 44:3 sub foll.); fig. of grief of exile Is 41:17, cf. אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָא Ez 19:13; c. ל, thirst for water Am 8:11.—בַּצּ׳ Je 48:18 is prob. corrupt; read perhaps לַאַרֶץ (Gie), or בֶּעָפָר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: thirst (15); a thirst (1); of thirst (1).

In the verses

Psalms 104:11 · tree →

יַ֭שְׁקוּ כָּל־חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י יִשְׁבְּר֖וּ פְרָאִ֣ים צְמָאָֽם׃

Word for word: they.give.drink.to every animal his of.[the].field they.break wild.donkeys thirst their

JPS 1917: They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.

Ezekiel 19:13 · tree →

וְעַתָּ֖ה שְׁתוּלָ֣ה בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ צִיָּ֥ה וְצָמָֽא׃

Word for word: and now [it.is].planted in the wilderness in a.land of.dryness and thirst

JPS 1917: And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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