צְעָקָה
tsa.a.qah (H6818)
cry
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word צְעָקָה (tsa.a.qah) is defined as a "cry." It falls within the semantic domain of Speech & Communication, indicating its primary function is to convey a vocal expression of emotion or need. This word is used 21 times in the Bible, showcasing its significance in various contexts. The term צְעָקָה encompasses a range of vocal expressions, from loud lamentations to softer, more urgent pleas. Its usage suggests a sense of intensity and urgency, often associated with situations of crisis, pain, or distress. In the biblical context, this word is frequently linked to expressions of physical or emotional suffering, such as mourning, crying out for help, or expressing anguish. The frequency and variety of occurrences for צְעָקָה in the Bible underscore its importance as a means of communication and emotional expression. This word highlights the significance of vocal expression in conveying human emotions and needs, serving as a fundamental aspect of human interaction and connection.
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I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown so great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it.”
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”
Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
There will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor will be any more.
Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
“Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.”
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leader of the flock, for Yahweh destroys their pasture.
For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.