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1 Samuel 12:10

“And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

זָעַקzâʻaq · zaw-ak'
H2199 · Hebrew

Definition: to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּזְעֲק֤וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 73 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 2:23 Joshua 8:16 Judges 3:9 Judges 3:15 Judges 4:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָעַק here.

Verse 9 Verse 11

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.