Definition
a primitive root; to thirst (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: (be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).
Traditional renderings: (be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צָמֵא:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Exodus 17:3וַיִּצְמָ֨א · thirstedBut the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- Judges 4:19צָמֵ֑אתִי · I am thirstySisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
- Judges 15:18וַיִּצְמָא֮ · thirstyAnd being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
- Ruth 2:9וְצָמִ֗ת · And when you are thirstyLet your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
- Job 24:11וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃ · but go thirstyThey crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
- Psalm 42:2צָמְאָ֬ה · thirstsMy soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Psalm 63:1צָמְאָ֬ה · thirsts for YouA Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Isaiah 48:21צָמְא֗וּ · thirstThey did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
- Isaiah 49:10יִצְמָ֔אוּ · or thirstThey will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Isaiah 65:13תִּצְמָ֑אוּ · will go thirstyTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.