Lexical Definition

‎צָעַק‎ tsâʻaq (tsaw-ak') to cry ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).

• to shriek
• (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)

1) to cry, cry out, call, cry for help
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cry, cry out (for help)
1a2) to cry, cry out (in distress or need)
1a3) to make outcry, clamour
1b) (Niphal) to be summoned
1c) (Piel) to cry aloud (in grief)
1d) (Hiphil) to call together

See Greek: ἀναβαίνω · ἀναβοάω · βοάω · κράζω · παραγγέλλω · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צָעַק‎ verb cry, cry out, call (|| ‎זָעַק‎; Late Hebrew id.; Arabic perhaps originally sound as thunder, compare thunderbolt, bellow (of bull)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular‎׳‎‎צ‎ 1Kgs 20:39; Lam 2:18, 3 feminine singular ‎צָֽעֲקָה‎ Deut 22:24 +, etc.; Imperfect ‎יִצְעַק‎ Exod 23:22 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular ‎וְצַעֲקִי‎ Jer 22:20, ‎וּצֳעָ֑קִי‎ vJer 22:20 feminine plural ‎צְעַקְנָה‎ Jer 49:3 Infinitive absolute ‎צָעֹק‎ Exod 22:22* construct ‎לִצְעֹק‎ 2Kgs 8:3 Participle feminine singular absolute ‎צֹעֶ֫קֶת‎ 2Kgs 8:5 masculine plural ‎צֹעֲקִים‎ Gen 4:10; Exod 5:8 —

1. cry, cry out, for help, usually with ‎אֶל‎ person; —
a. unto man Gen 41:55 (E; + ‎ל‎ of thing), Num 11:3 (JE), 1Kgs 20:39; 2Kgs 6:26; 2Kgs 8:3 (+ ‎אֶל‎ of thing), v2Kgs 8:5 (+ ‎עַל‎ of thing); followed by ‎אמר‎ Exod 5:15 (J), 2Kgs 4:1 and (‎אֶל‎ person omitted) Exod 5:8 (J), 2Kgs 4:40; 2Kgs 6:5.
b. especially unto ‎׳‎‎י‎: Gen 4:10; Exod 8:8* ( + ‎עַלֿ‎ ‎דְּבַר‎ of thing), Exod 14:10; Exod 14:15; Exod 15:25; Exod 17:4; Exod 22:22* (‎צָעֹק יִצְעַק‎), v.Exod 22:26*; Num 12:13; Num 20:16; Josh 24:7 (all J E), Judg 4:3; Judg 10:12; Deut 26:7; Isa 19:20 (+ ‎מִפְּנֵי‎ of thing), Lam 2:18; Neh 9:27; Ps 107:6; Ps 107:28 ‎קוֺלִי‎ ‎וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה‎ ‎׳‎‎אֶלאֿ‎ Ps 77:2*, compare Ps 34:18* with ‎׳‎‎לי‎ 2Chr 13:14: ‎נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 88:2*.
c. cry unto (‎אֶל‎) idol Isa 46:7.

2. absolute cry, cry out, in distress, need; — Gen 27:34 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Deut 22:24; Deut 22:27; Isa 33:7 (|| ‎בָּכָה‎), Isa 65:14 (|| ‎הֵילִיל‎, opposed to ‎רָנַן‎; with ‎מִן‎ of thing), Jer 22:20 (twice in verse) (|| ‎נָתַן קוֺל‎), Jer 49:3 (|| ‎הֵילִיל‎), Job 35:12 with object ‎חָמָס‎ Job 19:7 (|| ‎אֲשַׁוַּע‎).

3. make outcry, clamour, Isa 42:2 (+ ‎יִשָּׂא‎, ‎יַשְׁמִיעַ‎ ‎קוֺלוֺ‎ ). Niph`al be summoned (i.e. to arms), absolute; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּצָּעֵק‎ Judg 7:23; Judg 7:24; Judg 12:1, so 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ‎ Judg 10:17; 2Kgs 3:21, followed by ‎אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל‎ + accusative of location 1Sam 13:4. Pi`el Participle ‎מְצַעֵק‎ cry aloud, in grief, 2Kgs 2:12. Hiph`il call together ‎הַמִּצְפָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיַּצְעֵקאֶתהָֿעָם אֶליֿ‎ 1Sam 10:17.

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