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# צְעָקָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6818

**cry** — used 21 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

cry [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6818/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צְעָקָה: n.f. cry, outcry [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6818/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cry, outcry (older form of זְעָקָה);—abs. צ׳ Gn 27:34 +; cstr. צַעֲקַת Ex 3:9 +; sf. צַעֲקָתוֹ 1 S 9:16 +, etc.;— outcry against (Sodom) Gn 18:21; 19:13 (both J). cry of distress, especially as heard by י׳ Ex 3:7 (J), 22:22 (E), cf. Is 5:7; Jb 27:9; 34:28 ψ 9:13; צ׳ בָּאָה אֵלַי Ex 3:9 (E), 1 S 9:16, cf. Jb 34:28; צ׳ גְּדֹלָה Ex 11:6; 12:30 (both J), Ne 5:1; as acc. cogn. Gn 27:34 (J); קוֹל צ׳ 1 S 4:14; Je 25:36 (‖ יְלָלָה), Zp 1:10 (‖ id., + שֶׁבֶר גדול), Je 48:3 (‖ שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר גדול), cf. 49:21; צעֲקַת שֶׁבֶר 48:5 (‖ בְּכִי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a cry (3); of distress (3); of a cry of distress (2).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 48:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.3/#tree)

ק֥וֹל צְעָקָ֖ה מֵחֹֽרוֹנָ֑יִם שֹׁ֖ד וָשֶׁ֥בֶר גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].sound of.a.cry.of.distress from Horonaim devastation and destruction great

*JPS 1917:* Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

[Job 27:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.9/#tree)

הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? cry his will.he.hear God (dm) it.will.come on him distress

*JPS 1917:* Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6818.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6818/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).