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Psalms 42:3
“My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צָמֵאtsâmêʼ · tsaw-may'
H6770 · Hebrew
H6770 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to thirst (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).
- Grammar
- צָמְאָ֬ה — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 17:3Judges 4:19Judges 15:18Ruth 2:9Job 24:11
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 צָמֵא 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.