צָמָא

צָמָא noun [masculine] thirst; — absolute ׳צ Exod 17:3 +, suffix צְמָאִי Ps 69:22, etc.; — Exod 17:3 (E), Judg 15:18; Hos 2:5; Amos 8:13; Lam 4:4; Neh 9:20; Ps 69:22 || רָעָב Isa 5:13 (van d. H. צָמָה), Deut 28:48; Neh 9:15; 2Chr 32:11 of wild asses Ps 104:11, of fish ׳וְתָמֹת בַּצּ Isa 50:2, but read perhaps (or בַּצְּמֵאָה) וּבְהֶמְתָּם בַּצָּמֵא Gunk^{Schöpf. 98} Che^Hpt Marti (compare Isa 44:3 below following); figurative of grief of exile Isa 41:17, compare אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצָמָא Ezek 19:13 with ל, thirst for water Amos 8:11. — ׳בַּצּ Jer 48:18 is probably corrupt; read perhaps לָאָרֶץ (Gie), or בֶּעָפָר.