צָמֵא
tsâmêʼ · tsaw-may'
thirsty (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6770 (צָמֵא);
thirsty (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: (that) thirst(-eth, -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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and thirsty2 · 22%
- to thirst1 · 11%
- and if he be thirsty1 · 11%
- that was thirsty1 · 11%
- a thirsty man1 · 11%
- of the thirsty1 · 11%
- upon him that is thirsty1 · 11%
- every one that thirsteth1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
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.