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# צָרַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6873

**cry** — used 2 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/1510/6873/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָרַח: vb. cry, roar Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6873/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cry, roar (NH id., cry (of raven); Assyrian ṣarâḫu, cry aloud, Arabic صَرَخَ, Ethiopic ጸርኀ: 𝔗 צְרַח Aph. (of bear), Syriac ܨܪܰܚ especially Aph. and deriv.);— Pt. act. מַר צֹרֵחַ שָׁם גִּבּוֹר Zp 1:14 bitterly roareth there a hero, but abrupt in context and improb.; Gr (in part after 𝔊) conj. קוֹל י׳ יִצְרַח כַּגִּבּוֹר (cf. Hiph.). Impf. 3 ms. יַצְרִיחַ Is 42:13 utter a roar (of י׳, going to battle; ‖ יָרִיעַ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] shouting (1); he will raise a battle-shout (1).

## In the verses

[Zephaniah 1:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.14/#tree)

קָר֤וֹב יוֹם־יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל קָר֖וֹב וּמַהֵ֣ר מְאֹ֑ד ק֚וֹל י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה מַ֥ר צֹרֵ֖חַ שָׁ֥ם גִּבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].near the.day of.Yahweh (the) great near and hurrying exceedingly the.sound of.the.day of.Yahweh bitter \[is\].shouting there a.warrior

*JPS 1917:* The great day of the LORD is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD, wherein the mighty man crieth bitterly.

[Isaiah 42:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.13/#tree)

יְהוָה֙ כַּגִּבּ֣וֹר יֵצֵ֔א כְּאִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמ֖וֹת יָעִ֣יר קִנְאָ֑ה יָרִ֙יעַ֙ אַף־יַצְרִ֔יחַ עַל־אֹיְבָ֖יו יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* Yahweh like (the) warrior he.will.go.forth like a.man of.war(s) he.will.stir.up zeal he.will.raise.a.war-cry also he.will.raise.a.battle-shout over enemies his he.will.prevail

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will go forth as a mighty man, He will stir up jealousy like a man of war; He will cry, yea, He will shout aloud, He will prove Himself mighty against His enemies.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6873.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6873/): 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).