Lexical Definition

‎צָמֵא‎ tsâmêʼ (tsaw-may') to thirst ^H:V
a primitive root

(be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).

• to thirst (literally or figuratively)

1) (Qal) to be thirsty

See Greek: διψάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צָמֵא‎] verb be thirsty (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare); so Arabic Ethiopic : Assyrian ƒûmu, thirst, etc.); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎צָֽמְאָה‎ Ps 42:3*; Ps 63:2* 2 feminine singular ‎וְצָמִת‎ consecutive Ruth 2:9 (Ges^{«GKC:75qq»§ 75qq}); 1 singular ‎צָמֵתִי‎ Judg 4:19 (Ges^{«GKC:74k»§ 74k}); 3 plural ‎צָֽמְאוּ‎ Isa 28:21 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּצְמָא‎ Exod 17:3; Judg 15:18 3 masculine plural ‎יִצְמָ֑אוּ‎ Isa 49:10, ‎׳‎‎וַיִּצ‎ Job 24:11 2 masculine plural ‎תִּצְמָ֑אוּ‎ Isa 65:13 — be thirsty Judg 4:19; Judg 15:18; Ruth 2:9; Isa 48:21; Isa 49:10 (|| ‎יִרְעָ֑בוּ‎), Isa 65:13 (|| ‎תִּרְעָ֑בוּ‎) Job 24:11 with ‎ל‎ of thing, Exod 17:3 (E); figurative ‎צָֽמְאָה נַפְשִׁי לֵאלֹהִים‎. Ps 42:3* my soul thirsteth for God, compare Ps 63:2*.

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