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title: צָמֵא — be thirsty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָמֵא (6770), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: be thirsty. BDB 1906: vb. be thirsty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָמֵא

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«צָמֵא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be thirsty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 6770 · **BDB:** צָמֵא

### Glosses

it.is.thirsty (2); they.were.thirsty (2); you.will.be.thirsty (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be thirsty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6770/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be thirsty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6770/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be thirsty (NH = BH (rare); so Arabic ظَمِىَٔ, Ethiopic ጸምአ Assyrian ṣûmu, thirst, etc.);— Pf. 3 fs. צָֽמְאָה ψ 42:3; 63:2; 2 fs. וְצָמִת consec. Ru 2:9 (Ges§ 75 qq); 1 s. צָמֵתִי Ju 4:19 (Ges§ 74k); 3 pl. צָֽמְאוּ Is 28:21; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּצְמָא Ex 17:3; Ju 15:18; 3 mpl. יִצְמָ֑אוּ Is 49:10, וַיִּצ׳ Jb 24:11; 2 mpl. תִּצְמָ֑אוּ Is 65:13;—be thirsty Ju 4:19; 15:18; Ru 2:9; Is 48:21; 49:10 (‖ יִרְעָ֑בוּ), 65:13 (‖ תִּרְעָ֑בוּ) Jb 24:11; c. ל rei, Ex 17:3 (E); fig. צָֽמְאָה נַפְשִׁי לֵאלֹהִים ψ 42:3 my soul thirsteth for God, cf. 63:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָמֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6770/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.11/)

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בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָ֥ם יַצְהִ֑ירוּ יְקָבִ֥ים דָּ֝רְכ֗וּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* between rows their they.press.out.oil winepresses they.tread and they.were.thirsty

*JPS 1917:* They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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[Psalms 42:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.3/)

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צָמְאָ֬ה נַפְשִׁ֨י ׀ לֵאלֹהִים֮ לְאֵ֪ל חָ֥י מָתַ֥י אָב֑וֹא וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה פְּנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* it.is.thirsty being my for God for.\[the\] God living when? will.I.go and will.I.present.myself? the.presence of.God

*JPS 1917:* My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 'When shall I come and appear before God?'

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