Lexical Definition

‎צַעֲקָה‎ tsaʻăqâh (tsah-ak-aw') cry ^H:N-F
from ‎צָעַק‎

cry(-ing).

• a shriek

1) cry, outcry
1a) outcry (against)
1b) cry of distress (especially as heard by God)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צְעָקָה‎ noun feminine cry, outcry (older form of ‎זְּעָקָה‎); — absolute‎׳‎‎צ‎ Gen 27:34 +; construct ‎צַעֲקַת‎ Exod 3:9 +; suffix ‎צַעֲקָתוֺ‎ 1Sam 9:16 +, etc.; —

1. outcry against (Sodom) Gen 18:21; Gen 19:13 (both J).

2. cry of distress especially as heard by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 3:7 (J), Exod 22:22* (E), compare Isa 5:7; Job 27:9; Job 34:28; Ps 9:13* ‎בָּאָה אֵלַי‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Exod 3:9 (E), 1Sam 9:16, compare Job 34:28 ‎גְּדֹלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Exod 11:6; Exod 12:30 (both J), Neh 5:1 as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Gen 27:34 (J); ‎׳‎‎קוֺל צ‎ 1Sam 4:14; Jer 25:36 (|| ‎יְלָלָה‎), Zeph 1:10 (|| id., + ‎שֶׁבֶר גדול‎), Jer 48:3 (|| ‎שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר גדול‎), compare Jer 49:21 ‎צַעֲקַת שֶׁבֶר‎ Jer 48:5 (|| ‎בְּכִי‎).

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