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title: זְעִק — cry · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: זְעִק (lemma:זְעִק), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: cry. BDB 1906: vb. cry, call. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְעִק

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«זְעִק» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **cry** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:זְעִק · **BDB:** זְעִ֑ק

### Glosses

he.cried.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b0_5e2_5b4_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cry, call [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b0_5e2_5b4_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry, call (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH);— Pf. 3 ms. ז׳ Dn 6:21 (ב of voice).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְעִק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b0_5e2_5b4_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.21/)

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וּכְמִקְרְבֵ֣הּ לְגֻבָּ֔א לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל בְּקָ֥ל עֲצִ֖יב זְעִ֑ק עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֗אל דָּֽנִיֵּאל֙ עֲבֵד֙ אֱלָהָ֣א חַיָּ֔א אֱלָהָ֗ךְ דִּ֣י אַ֤נְתְּ פָּֽלַֽח־לֵהּ֙ בִּתְדִירָ֔א הַיְכִ֥ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתָ֖ךְ מִן־אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and just as he.approached to the den to Daniel with a.voice pained he.cried.out \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying to Daniel O.Daniel the.servant of the.God (the) living God your whom you \[are\].paying.reverence to him in (the) continuance was he.able? to deliver you from the lions

*JPS 1917:* And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a pained voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel: 'O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?'

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