Hebrew verb · H6770
צָמֵא
tsametsaw-may'
to thirst
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsâmêʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6770is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6770
to thirst (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: (be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsame is rendered "to thirst". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 17:3But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
Exodus 17:3וַיִּצְמָ֨א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he was thirsty1
- and it was thirsty1
- and they were thirsty1
- and you will be thirsty1
- I am thirsty1
- it is thirsty1
- it thirsts1
- they were thirsty1
- they will be thirsty1
- you will be thirsty1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צָמֵא | tsame | thirsty | Uses9 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- צָמְאָ֬ה2
- וַיִּצְמָ֨א1
- וַיִּצְמָא֮1
- וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃1
- וְצָמִ֗ת1
- יִצְמָ֔אוּ1
- צָמְא֗וּ1
- צָמֵ֑אתִי1
- תִּצְמָ֑אוּ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms2Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqp3fs
- Hc/Vqq2fs1Hc/Vqq2fs
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqi2mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
Exodus
one use
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
- וַיִּצְמָ֨אvaiyitzma'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was thirsty
Judges
two uses
Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
- צָמֵ֑אתִיtzametiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am thirsty
And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
- וַיִּצְמָא֮vaiyitzma'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was thirsty
Ruth
one use
Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
- וְצָמִ֗תvetzamitHc/Vqq2fstagged: and you will be thirsty
Job
one use
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
- וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃vaiyitzmauHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were thirsty
Psalms
two uses
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- צָמְאָ֬הtzameahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it thirsts
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- צָמְאָ֬הtzameahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is thirsty
Isaiah
three uses
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
- צָמְא֗וּtzameuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were thirsty
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- יִצְמָ֔אוּyitzmauverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be thirsty
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
- תִּצְמָ֑אוּtitzmauverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be thirsty
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.