צַעֲקָה
tsaʻăqâh · tsah-ak-aw'
a shriek
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6817 (צָעַק);
a shriek
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cry(-ing).
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path that works to see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַעֲקָה 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cry4 · 19%
- their cry2 · 10%
- according to the cry1 · 5%
- because the cry of them1 · 5%
- now therefore, behold, the cry1 · 5%
- of the crying1 · 5%
- because their cry1 · 5%
- his cry1 · 5%
- so that they cause the cry1 · 5%
- the cry1 · 5%
- not the cry1 · 5%
- but behold a cry1 · 5%
- of the cry1 · 5%
- of crying1 · 5%
- a cry1 · 5%
- at the cry1 · 5%
- of a cry1 · 5%
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.