H6818

צְעָקָה

tsa.a.qahH:N-F

cry

1) cry, outcry 1a) outcry (against) 1b) cry of distress (especially as heard by God)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

צְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry (older form of זְּעָקָה); — absolute׳צ Gen 27:34 +; construct צַעֲקַת Exod 3:9 +; suffix צַעֲקָתוֺ 1Sam 9:16 +, etc.; —

1. outcry against (Sodom) Gen 18:21; Gen 19:13 (both J).

2. cry of distress especially as heard by ׳י Exod 3:7 (J), Exod 22:22 (E), compare Isa 5:7; Job 27:9; Job 34:28; Ps 9:13 בָּאָה אֵלַי ׳צ Exod 3:9 (E), 1Sam 9:16, compare Job 34:28 גְּדֹלָה ׳צ Exod 11:6; Exod 12:30 (both J), Neh 5:1 as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Gen 27:34 (J); ׳קוֺל צ 1Sam 4:14; Jer 25:36 (|| יְלָלָה), Zeph 1:10 (|| id., + שֶׁבֶר גדול), Jer 48:3 (|| שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר גדול), compare Jer 49:21 צַעֲקַת שֶׁבֶר Jer 48:5 (|| בְּכִי).

16 occurrences

Genesis (3), Exodus (4), I Samuel (2), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Jeremiah (3), Zephaniah (1)