צָמָא
tsâmâʼ · tsaw-maw'
thirst (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6770 (צָמֵא);
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: 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 צָמָא 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for thirst5 · 29%
- with thirst2 · 12%
- for their thirst2 · 12%
- and in thirst1 · 6%
- and by thirst1 · 6%
- and in my thirst1 · 6%
- their thirst1 · 6%
- in thirst1 · 6%
- and thirsty1 · 6%
- her with thirst1 · 6%
- nor a thirst1 · 6%
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.