Lexical Definition

‎צָמָא‎ tsâmâʼ (tsaw-maw') thirst ^H:N-M
from ‎צָמֵא‎

thirst(-y).

• thirst (literally or figuratively)

1) thirst

See Greek: δίψος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צָמָא‎ noun [masculine] thirst; — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Exod 17:3 +, suffix ‎צְמָאִי‎ Ps 69:22*, etc.; — Exod 17:3 (E), Judg 15:18; Hos 2:5*; Amos 8:13; Lam 4:4; Neh 9:20; Ps 69:22* || ‎רָעָב‎ Isa 5:13 (van d. H. ‎צָמָה‎), Deut 28:48; Neh 9:15; 2Chr 32:11 of wild asses Ps 104:11, of fish ‎׳‎‎וְתָמֹת בַּצּ‎ Isa 50:2, but read perhaps (or ‎בַּצְּמֵאָה‎) ‎וּבְהֶמְתָּם בַּצָּמֵא‎ Gunk^{Schöpf. 98} Che^Hpt Marti (compare Isa 44:3 below following); figurative of grief of exile Isa 41:17, compare ‎אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָא‎ Ezek 19:13 with ‎ל‎, thirst for water Amos 8:11. — ‎׳‎‎בַּצּ‎ Jer 48:18 is probably corrupt; read perhaps ‎לָאָרֶץ‎ (Gie), or ‎בֶּעָפָר‎.

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