--- title: צָעַק — cry · The Tanakh dictionary description: צָעַק (6817), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 55 times: cry. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6817.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)‎ / צָעַק‎ # צָעַק «צָעַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cry** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 55 times · **Key:** 6817 · **BDB:** צָעַק ### Glosses they.cried.out (9); he.cried.out (6); cry.out (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6817/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6817/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry, cry out, call (‖זָעַק; NH id.; Arabic صَعَقَ, perhaps orig. sound as thunder, cf. صَاعِقَةٌ thunderbolt, صَعِقَ bellow (of bull));— Pf. 3 ms. צ׳ 1 K 20:39 La 2:18, 3 fs. צָֽעֲקָה Dt 22:24 +, etc.; Impf. יִצְעַק Ex 23:22 +, etc.; Imv. fs. וְצַעֲקִי Je 22:20, וּצֳעָ֑קִי v 20; fpl. צְעַקְנָה 49:3; Inf. abs. צָעֹק Ex 22:22; cstr. לִצְעֹק 2 K 8:3; Pt. fs. abs. צֹעֶ֫קֶת 2 K 8:5; mpl. צֹעֲקִים Gn 4:10; Ex 5:8;— cry, cry out, for help, usually c. אֶל pers.;— unto man Gn 41:55 (E; + ל rei), Nu 11:3 (JE), 1 K 20:39 2 K 6:26; 8:3 (+ אֶל rei), v 5 (+ עַל rei); sq. אמר Ex 5:15 (J), 2 K 4:1 and (אֶל pers. om.) Ex 5:8 (J), 2 K 4:40; 6:5. especially unto י׳: Gn 4:10; Ex 8:3 (+ עַל־דְּבַר rei), 14:10, 15; 15:25; 17:4; 22:22 (צָעֹק יִצְעַק), v 26 Nu 12:13; 20:16 Jos 24:7 (all JE), Ju 4:3; 10:12; Dt 26:7; Is 19:20 (+ מִפְּנֵי rei), La 2:18; Ne 9:27 ψ 107:6, 28; קוֹלִי אֶל־א׳ וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה 77:2, cf. 34:18; c. לי׳ 2 Ch 13:14, נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ ψ 88:2. cry unto (אֶל) idol Is 46:7. abs. cry, cry out, in distress, need;—Gn 27:34 (J; c. acc. cogn.), Dt 22:24, 27; Is 33:7 (‖ בָּכָה), 65:14 (‖ הֵילִיל, opp. רָנַן; c. מִן rei), Je 22:20(×2) (‖ נָתַן קוֹל), 49:3 (‖ הֵילִיל), Jb 35:12; c. obj. חָמָס Jb 19:7 (‖ אֲשַׁוַּע). make outcry, clamour, Is 42:2 (+ יִשָּׂא, יַשְׁמִיעַ קוֹלוֹ). be summoned (i.e. to arms), abs.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּצָּעֵק Ju 7:23, 24; 12:1, so 3 mpl. וַיִּצֶּעֲקוּ 10:17; 2 K 3:21, sq. אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל + acc. loc. 1 S 13:4. Pt. מְצַעֵק cry aloud, in grief, 2 K 2:12. call together וַיַּצְעֵק אֶת־הָעָם אֶל־י׳ הַמִּצְפָּה 1 S 10:17. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 51 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «צָעַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6817/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 35:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.12/) שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים׃ *Word for word:* there they.cry.out and not he.answers because of \[the\].pride of.wicked.\[people\] *JPS 1917:* There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. [1 Samuel 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.17/) וַיַּצְעֵ֤ק שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ *Word for word:* and he.called.together Samuel (et) the people to Yahweh (the) Mizpah *JPS 1917:* And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpah. - ← previous: [צַעֲצֻעִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6816.md) - next →: [צְעָקָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6818.md) - ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-3.md)