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Lamentations 2:18
“Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6817 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
- Grammar
- צָעַ֥ק — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 55 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:10Genesis 27:34Genesis 41:55Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:15
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 צָעַק here.
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.