צָמָא tsama

Hebrew word for “thirst” · Strong’s H6772 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

thirst

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsama in context, with how often each is used:

• thirst 17

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 9 (2), Amos 8 (2), Exodus 17 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Judges 15 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 104 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 41 (1)

Forms

• בצמא 8
• ובצמא 2
• לצמאם 2
• צמא 2
• ולצמאי 1
• צמאם 1
• וצמא 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsama more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָעָב raav “famine” 5
• מַי mayim “water” 6
• מוּת mut “to die” 5
• צָמֵא tsame “to thirst” 2
• צִיָּה tsiyyah “dryness” 2
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 3
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 3
• שָׁקָה shaqah “to water” 2
• לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
• כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 2
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 2

Key verses

The verses using tsama that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all and he shall…
• Judges 15:18 — And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst,…
• 2 Chronicles 32:11 — Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of…
• Nehemiah 9:15 — And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should…
• Nehemiah 9:20 — Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
• Psalms 69:21 — They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Isaiah 5:13 — Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
• Isaiah 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake…
• Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
• Jeremiah 48:18 — Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy…
• Hosea 2:3 — Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
• Amos 8:11 — Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.