tsame · thirsty

What it means

tsame (צָמֵא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thirsty”.

Said of land, dry.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. In need of water; also dry land.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×5

• Deuteronomy 29:19

  And it happen, when he hears the words of this oath of imprecation, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, “I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” so as to sweep away the watered with the thirsty.

• 2 Samuel 17:29

  honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd; they brought them near to David and to the people who were with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

• Psalms 107:5

  Hungry and also thirsty, their soul within them grew faint.

• Proverbs 25:21

  If the one who hates you is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

• Isaiah 21:14

  To meet the thirsty bring water, inhabitants of the land of Tema; with his bread meet the wanderer.

• Isaiah 29:8

  And it will be as when the hungry man dreams, and look, he is eating, and he awakes, and his soul is empty; and as when the thirsty man dreams, and look, he is drinking, and he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul longs; so will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion.

• Isaiah 32:6

  For the fool speaks folly, and his heart does wickedness, to practice godlessness and to speak error against YHWH, to leave empty the soul of the hungry, and the drink of the thirsty he makes fail.

• Isaiah 44:3

  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your offshoots.

• Isaiah 55:1

  “Ho! All who are thirsty, come to the waters! And the one who has no silver, come, buy and eat; come, buy without silver and without price wine and milk.