UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: צמא

Sense 1: thirst

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: EXO 17:3

OET-RV EXO 17:3

3 But the people were very thirsty there and they murmured against Mosheh, so he demanded, “Is this why you brought us out of Mitsrayim (Egypt)? To kill me and my sons and my cattle with thirst?” ???

OET-LV EXO 17:3

3 And_it _was _thirsty there the_people for_water and_ the_people _it _grumbled on Mosheh and_he/it _said to/for_what this did_you(pl)_bring _us _up from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_put _to _death DOM_me and_DOM children _of_my and_DOM livestock _of_my by_thirst.

Show passage in OET: DEU 28:48

OET-RV DEU 28:48

48 So then, Yahweh will send enemies against you and you’ll serve them in hunger and thirst, and in nakedness and lacking everything. Yahweh will put an iron yoke on your neck used for pulling heavy loads with, until he destroys you.

OET-LV DEU 28:48

48 And_you _will _serve DOM enemies _of_your whom he_will _send _him _forth YHWH on/over_you(fs) in_hunger and_in_thirst and_in_nakedness and_in_lack _of everything and_he/it _gave a _yoke _of iron on neck _of_your until he_has _destroyed you.

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All 15 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 17:3

DEU: OET DEU 28:48

JDG: OET JDG 15:18

CH2: OET CH2 32:11

NEH: OET NEH 9:15 · OET NEH 9:20

PSA: OET PSA 69:21 · OET PSA 104:11

ISA: OET ISA 5:13 · OET ISA 41:17 · OET ISA 50:2

LAM: OET LAM 4:4

HOS: OET HOS 2:3

AMO: OET AMO 8:11 · OET AMO 8:13

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: JER 48:18

OET-RV JER 48:18

18 Come down from your place of honour
⇔ and sit on the ground that’s dry and thirsty,
⇔ you daughter living in Divon city,
⇔ because the one who’ll destroy Moav will attack you—
⇔ the one who’ll destroy your fortifications.

OET-LV JER 48:18

18 Come _down from_honour and_sit in_thirst Oh _inhabitant[s] of _the _daughter _of of _Diyⱱvōn if/because the _destroyer _of Mōʼāⱱ he _will _come _up on_you he _will _ruin strongholds _of_your.

Show passage in OET: EZE 19:13

OET-RV EZE 19:13

13 So now it’s planted in the wilderness—
⇔ in a land of drought and thirst.

OET-LV EZE 19:13

13 And_now it_is_planted in_wilderness in_land dryness and_thirst.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צָמָא

Form 1

Sense 1: thirst

Sense 2: thirsty > dry