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title: צָרַח — cry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרַח (6873), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cry. BDB 1906: vb. cry, roar Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרַח

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«צָרַח» 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.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 6873 · **BDB:** צָרַח

### Glosses

\[is\].shouting (1); he.will.raise.a.battle-shout (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6873/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cry, roar Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6873/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry, roar (NH id., cry (of raven); Assyrian ṣarâḫu, cry aloud, Arabic صَرَخَ, Ethiopic ጸርኀ: 𝔗 צְרַח Aph. (of bear), Syriac ܨܪܰܚ especially Aph. and deriv.);— Pt. act. מַר צֹרֵחַ שָׁם גִּבּוֹר Zp 1:14 bitterly roareth there a hero, but abrupt in context and improb.; Gr (in part after 𝔊) conj. קוֹל י׳ יִצְרַח כַּגִּבּוֹר (cf. Hiph.). Impf. 3 ms. יַצְרִיחַ Is 42:13 utter a roar (of י׳, going to battle; ‖ יָרִיעַ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6873/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.14/)

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קָר֤וֹב יוֹם־יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל קָר֖וֹב וּמַהֵ֣ר מְאֹ֑ד ק֚וֹל י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה מַ֥ר צֹרֵ֖חַ שָׁ֥ם גִּבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].near the.day of.Yahweh (the) great near and hurrying exceedingly the.sound of.the.day of.Yahweh bitter \[is\].shouting there a.warrior

*JPS 1917:* The great day of the LORD is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD, wherein the mighty man crieth bitterly.

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[Isaiah 42:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.13/)

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יְהוָה֙ כַּגִּבּ֣וֹר יֵצֵ֔א כְּאִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמ֖וֹת יָעִ֣יר קִנְאָ֑ה יָרִ֙יעַ֙ אַף־יַצְרִ֔יחַ עַל־אֹיְבָ֖יו יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* Yahweh like (the) warrior he.will.go.forth like a.man of.war(s) he.will.stir.up zeal he.will.raise.a.war-cry also he.will.raise.a.battle-shout over enemies his he.will.prevail

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will go forth as a mighty man, He will stir up jealousy like a man of war; He will cry, yea, He will shout aloud, He will prove Himself mighty against His enemies.

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