UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: aj

Related lemmas: צמא

Sense 1: thirsty

Semantic domains: Thirst (002004001001003)

Core domains: Body (019); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = state in which someone senses a feeling of needing or wanting to drink, ► which eventually leads to weakness or even death; ≈ also used in a figurative sense to denote a longing or desire

Show passage in OET: SA2 17:29

OET-RV SA2 17:29

29 honey and yogurt, sheep and cheese for David and the people with him to eat because they knew that they’d be hungry and tired and thirsty there in the wilderness.

OET-LV SA2 17:29

29 And_honey and_curd[s] and_sheep and_cheese _of the_herd they _brought for_Dāvid and_for_people which with_him/it to_eat if/because they _said the_people is_hungry and_weary and_thirsty in_wilderness.

Show passage in OET: PSA 107:5

OET-RV PSA 107:5

5 They were hungry and thirsty—
⇔ ≈ fading away from exhaustion.

OET-LV PSA 107:5

5 Hungry also thirsty life _of_their (is)_in_them it _was _fainting _away.

Jump to OET SA2 17:29 section.

Jump to OET PSA 107:5 section.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

SA2: OET SA2 17:29

PSA: OET PSA 107:5

PRO: OET PRO 25:21

ISA: OET ISA 21:14 · OET ISA 29:8 · OET ISA 32:6 · OET ISA 55:1

Sense 2: thirsty > dry

Semantic domains: Dry (002001001022)

Core domains: Land (097); Well-Being (196)

Definition: = state in which land is extremely dry and in need of water, ◄ as if it were thirsty

Show passage in OET: DEU 29:18

OET-RV DEU 29:19

19 and if they hear the words of this curse, then they’ll think to themselves, ‘We’ll have peace, even though our minds are fixed on where we’re going,’ so that the good and the bad are carried along together,

OET-LV DEU 29:18

18  And_it _was when_hears_he DOM the _words/messages _of the _oath (the)_this and_he _will _bless _himself in_heart _of_his to_say peace it _will _belong to/for_me if/because in_the _stubbornness _of my _own _heart _of_my I _walk so _as to _sweep _away the _watered_ground with the _thirsty_ground.

Show passage in OET: ISA 44:3

OET-RV ISA 44:3

3 because I’ll pour water out onto the thirsty ground
⇔ ≈ and streams on the dry ground.
⇔ I’ll pour my spirit out onto your offspring
⇔ ≈ and my blessing onto your descendants.

OET-LV ISA 44:3

3 If/because I _will _pour _out water on thirsty_ground and_streams on dry _ground I _will _pour _out my_breath/wind/spirit on offspring _of_your and_blessing _of_my on descendants _of_your.

Jump to OET DEU 29:19 section.

Jump to OET ISA 44:3 section.

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צָמֵא

Form 1

Sense 1: thirsty

Sense 2: thirsty > dry