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title: צָמֵא — thirsty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָמֵא (6771), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: thirsty. BDB 1906: adj. 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: **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:** 9 times · **Key:** 6771 · **BDB:** צָמֵא²

### Glosses

\[the\].thirsty (2); thirsty (2); \[ground\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thirsty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6771/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. thirsty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6771/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. thirsty;—abs. צ׳ Is 21:14 +; fs. צְמֵאָה Dt 29:18; pl. צְמֵאִים ψ 107:5;—thirsty, usually + (or ‖) רָעֵב: 2 S 17:29; Pr 25:21 ψ 107:5, as subst. thirsty one Is 29:8; 32:6; so also 21:14, and (fig. of thirst for י׳’s favour) 55:1; צָמֵא 44:3 = thirsty place (Gunkl.c. proposes צְמֵאָה); הָרָוָה אֶת־הַצְּמֵאָה Dt 29:18 the watered (plant, herbage) with the thirsty, fig. of entire people.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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/1510/6771/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.5/)

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רְעֵבִ֥ים גַּם־צְמֵאִ֑ים נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בָּהֶ֥ם תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃

*Word for word:* hungry also thirsty life their in them it.was.fainting.away

*JPS 1917:* Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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[Proverbs 25:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.21/)

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אִם־רָעֵ֣ב שֹׂ֭נַאֲךָ הַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּ לָ֑חֶם וְאִם־צָ֝מֵ֗א הַשְׁקֵ֥הוּ מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* if \[is\].hungry \[one who\].hates.you give him.to.eat food and if \[he.is\].thirsty give him.to.drink water

*JPS 1917:* If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

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