Word Study · Strong's H6772 · Hebrew
צָמָא
tsama
tsaw-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâmâʼ
“thirst (literally or figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
thirst (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
thirst(-y).
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- בַּצָּמָֽא׃4
- בַצָּמָ֔א1
- בַּצָּמָ֔א1
- בַּצָּמָ֣א1
- בַּצָּמָ֑א1
- וּבְצָמָ֛א1
- וּבְצָמָ֖א1
- וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י1
- וְצָמָֽא׃1
- לִצְמָאָ֑ם1
- לִצְמָאָֽם׃1
- צָמָ֣א1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- by the thirst4
- with the thirst3
- for thirst their2
- a thirst1
- and by thirst1
- and for thirst my1
- and in thirst1
- and thirst1
- in the thirst1
- thirst1
- thirst their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular8
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmsa · 8
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 2
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 9:15לִצְמָאָ֑םlitzmaampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralIn their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.here: for thirst their
- Nehemiah 9:20לִצְמָאָֽם׃litzmaampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.here: for thirst their
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 69:21וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗יvelitzmaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThey poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.here: and for thirst my
- Psalms 104:11צְמָאָֽם׃tzemaamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.here: thirst their
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:13צָמָֽא׃tzama'noun · masculine singularTherefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.here: thirst
- Isaiah 41:17בַּצָּמָ֣אbatzama'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.here: with the thirst
- Isaiah 50:2בַּצָּמָֽא׃batzama'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhy was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.here: by the thirst
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 8:11צָמָ֣אtzama'noun · masculine singularBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.here: a thirst
- Amos 8:13בַּצָּמָֽא׃batzama'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIn that day the lovely young women— the young men as well— will faint from thirst.here: by the thirst