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title: צָמָא — thirst · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָמָא (6772), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: thirst. BDB 1906: thirst. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָמָא

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«צָמָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thirst** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 6772 · **BDB:** צָמָא

### Glosses

thirst (15); a.thirst (1); of.thirst (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thirst [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6772/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thirst [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6772/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thirst;—abs. צ׳ Ex 17:3 +, sf. צְמָאִי ψ 69:22, etc.;—Ex 17:3 (E), Ju 15:18; Ho 2:5; Am 8:13; La 4:4; Ne 9:20 ψ 69:22; ‖ רָעָב Is 5:13 (van d. H. צָמָה), Dt 28:48; Ne 9:15; 2 Ch 32:11; of wild asses ψ 104:11, of fish וְתָמֹת בַּצּ׳ Is 50:2, but read perhaps (or בַּצְּמֵאָה) וּבְהֶמְתָּם בַּצָּמֵא GunkSchöpf. 98 CheHpt. Marti (cf. Is 44:3 sub foll.); fig. of grief of exile Is 41:17, cf. אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָא Ez 19:13; c. ל, thirst for water Am 8:11.—בַּצּ׳ Je 48:18 is prob. corrupt; read perhaps לַאַרֶץ (Gie), or בֶּעָפָר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 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 «צָמָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6772/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.11/)

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יַ֭שְׁקוּ כָּל־חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י יִשְׁבְּר֖וּ פְרָאִ֣ים צְמָאָֽם׃

*Word for word:* they.give.drink.to every animal his of.\[the\].field they.break wild.donkeys thirst their

*JPS 1917:* They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.

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[Ezekiel 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.19.13/)

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וְעַתָּ֖ה שְׁתוּלָ֣ה בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ צִיָּ֥ה וְצָמָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and now \[it.is\].planted in the wilderness in a.land of.dryness and thirst

*JPS 1917:* And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

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