tsame · be thirsty

What it means

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

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. To need water; or long for God.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• thirsty ×5
• thirst ×2
• thirsts ×2
• thirsted ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Judges×2
• Ruth×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×3

• Exodus 17:3

  The people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it you brought us up from Egypt to kill me and my sons and my livestock with thirst?”

• Judges 4:19

  He said to her, “Give me to drink, please, a little water, for I am thirsty.” She opened the skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.

• Judges 15:18

  And he became very thirsty, and he called to YHWH and said, “You have given into the hand of your servant this great salvation, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”

• Ruth 2:9

  Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men draw.”

• Job 24:11

  Between their walls they press out oil; they tread the winepresses, and are thirsty.

• Psalms 42:2

  My soul thirsts for Elohim, for the living El; when shall I come and appear before the face of Elohim?

• Psalms 63:1

  A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Elohim, my El are you; I seek you earnestly; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a land dry and weary, without water.

• Isaiah 48:21

  And they did not thirst when he led them through the desolate places; water from the rock he made flow for them; and he split the rock, and the water flowed.

• Isaiah 49:10

  They will not hunger nor thirst, and neither the scorching ground nor the sun will strike them; for he who has compassion on them will lead them, and by springs of water he will guide them.

• Isaiah 65:13

  Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; look, my servants will be glad, but you will be put to shame;