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Numbers 20:16
“And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:” (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
- וַ — conjunction
- נִּצְעַ֤ק — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, plural
- 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.