Midvash

צָעַקtsâʻaq

cry, cry out, call

Pronunciation: tsaw-ak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6817

Meanings

Qal

1. cry, cry out, for help

a. unto man (Genesis 41:55; Numbers 11:3; 1 Kings 20:39)

b. especially unto ׳ י (Genesis 4:10; Exodus 8:8; Exodus 14:10)

c. cry, unto (אֶל) idol (Isaiah 46:7)

2. cry, cry out, in distress, need (Genesis 27:34; Deuteronomy 22:24; Deuteronomy 22:27)

3. make outcry, clamour (Isaiah 42:2)

Niph`al: be summoned, (i.e. to arms) (Judges 7:23; Judges 7:24; Judges 12:1)

Pi`el: cry aloud, in grief (2 Kings 2:12)

Hiph`il: call together (1 Samuel 10:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 55 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
  • Genesis 27:34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
  • Genesis 41:55 Eventually, however, the famine spread throughout the land of Egypt as well. And when the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told them, “Go to Joseph, and do whatever he tells you.”
  • Exodus 5:8 But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy. That’s why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.’
  • Exodus 5:15 So the Israelite foremen went to Pharaoh and pleaded with him. “Please don’t treat your servants like this,” they begged.
  • Exodus 8:12 So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh’s palace, and Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had inflicted on Pharaoh.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).