צָמֵא
tsâmêʼ · tsaw-may'
to thirst (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to thirst (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader
To pursue the straight path of water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָמֵא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thirsteth2 · 20%
- thirsted1 · 10%
- for i am thirsty1 · 10%
- athirst1 · 10%
- thee? and when thou art athirst1 · 10%
- and suffer thirst1 · 10%
- and they thirsted1 · 10%
- nor thirst1 · 10%
- but ye shall be thirsty1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.