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STRONGS NUMBER H6817
Transliteration: tsaaq
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-ak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cry, cry out, call
Meaning: to shriek, to proclaim
Word Summary
tsaaq: to cry, cry out, call
Original Word: צָעַקTransliteration: tsaaq
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-ak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cry, cry out, call
Meaning: to shriek, to proclaim
Strong's Concordance
call together, cry out, gather selves together A primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly) -- X at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6817. tsaaq
צָעַק verb cry, cry out, call ("" זָעַק; Late Hebrew id.; Arabic perhaps originally sound as thunder, compare thunderbolt, bellow (of bull)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular׳צ 1 Kings 20:39; Lamentations 2:18, 3feminine singular צָֽעֲקָה Deuteronomy 22:24 +, etc.; Imperfect יִצְעַק Exodus 23:22 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular וְצַעֲקִי Jeremiah 22:20, וּצֳעָ֑קִי 22:20; feminine plural צְעַקְנָה 49:3; Infinitive absolute צָעֹק Exodus 22:22; construct לִצְעֹק 2 Kings 8:3; Participle feminine singular absolute צֹעֶ֫קֶת 8:5; masculine plural צֹעֲקִים Genesis 4:10; Exodus 5:8; —
1 cry, cry out, for help, usually with אֶל person; —
a. unto man Genesis 41:55 (E; + ל of thing), Numbers 11:3 (JE), 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 6:26; 8:3 (+ אֶל of thing), 8:5 (+ עַל of thing); followed by אמר Exodus 5:15 (J), 2 Kings 4:1 and (אֶל person omitted) Exodus 5:8 (J), 2 Kings 4:40; 6:5.
b. especially unto ׳י: Genesis 4:10; Exodus 8:8 ( + דְּבַר עַלֿ of thing), 14:10, 15; 15:25; 17:4; 22:22 (יִצְעַק צָעֹק), 22:26; Numbers 12:13; 20:16; Joshua 24:7 (all J E), Judges 4:3; 10:12; Deuteronomy 26:7; Isaiah 19:20 (+ מִמְּנֵי of thing), Lamentations 2:18; Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 107:6; 107:28; ׳אֶלאֿ וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה קוֺלִי 77:2, compare 34:18; with ׳לי2 Chronicles 13:14: נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 88:2.
c. cry unto (אֶל) idol Isaiah 46:7.
2 absolute cry, cry out, in distress, need; — Genesis 27:34 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Deuteronomy 22:24, 27; Isaiah 33:7 ("" בָּכָה), 65:14 ("" הֵילִיל, opposed to רָנַן; with מִן of thing), Jeremiah 22:20 (twice in verse) ("" קוֺל נָתַן), 49:3 ("" הֵילִיל), Job 35:12; with object חָמָס 19:7 ("" אֲשַׁוַּע).
3 make outcry, clamour, Isaiah 42:2 (+ קוֺלוֺ יַשְׁמִיעַ יִשָּׂא, ).
Niph`al be summoned (i.e. to arms), absolute; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּצָּעֵק Judges 7:23-24, 12:1, Songs 3 masculine plural וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ 10:17; 2 Kings 3:21, followed by שָׁאוּל אַחֲרֵי + accusative of location 1 Samuel 13:4.
Pi`el Participle מְצַעֵק cry aloud, in grief, 2 Kings 2:12.
Hiph`il call together אֶליֿ ׳וַיַּצְעֵקאֶתהָֿעָם הַמִּצְמָּה 1 Samuel 10:17.