STRONGS NUMBER H6770


Word Summary
tsame: to be thirsty
Original Word: צָמֵא
Transliteration: tsame
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-may')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be thirsty
Meaning: to be thirsty
Strong's Concordance
be suffer thirsty

A primitive root; to thirst (literally or figuratively) -- (be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6770. tsame

[צָמֵא‎] verb be thirsty (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare); so Arabic Ethiopic : Assyrian ƒûmu, thirst, etc.); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular צָֽמְאָהPsalm 42:3; 63:2; 2feminine singular וְצָמִת‎ consecutive Ruth 2:9 (Ges§ 75qq); 1 singular צָמֵתִיJudges 4:19 (Ges§ 74k); 3 plural צָֽמְאוּIsaiah 28:21; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּצְמָאExodus 17:3; Judges 15:18; 3masculine plural יִצְמָ֑אוּIsaiah 49:10, ׳וַיִּצJob 24:11; 2masculine plural תִּצְמָ֑אוּIsaiah 65:13; — be thirsty Judges 4:19; 15:18; Ruth 2:9; Isaiah 48:21; 49:10 ("" יִרְעָ֑בוּ‎), 65:13 ("" תִּרְעָ֑בוּ‎) Job 24:11; with ל‎ of thing, Exodus 17:3 (E); figurative לֵאלֹהִים נַפְשִׁי צָֽמְאָה‎. Psalm 42:3 my soul thirsteth for God, compare 63:2.