H6771 H6771
Thirsty; describing a person or land lacking water, sometimes used figuratively for spiritual longing.
An adjective describing the state of needing water, frequently paired with ra'ev ('hungry') to depict human deprivation (2 Sam 17:29; Prov 25:21; Ps 107:5). Isaiah extends the word into powerful metaphor: the thirsty are invited to come to waters freely (Isa 55:1), and God promises to pour water on thirsty ground and his Spirit on Israel's offspring (Isa 44:3). The Spanish 'sediento' and French 'assoiffé' both preserve both the literal and figurative registers. Deuteronomy 29:19 uses it uniquely in the proverbial expression 'sweeping away the watered with the thirsty.'
Senses
1. thirsty — Thirsty, in a state of needing water -- applied to persons, land, or ground. Often paired with ra'ev ('hungry') to express bodily deprivation, as in David's exhausted men (2 Sam 17:29), the righteous treatment of enemies (Prov 25:21), and wandering in the wilderness (Ps 107:5). Isaiah extends the image figuratively: the spiritually thirsty are invited to living waters (Isa 55:1), and parched ground becomes a metaphor for Israel awaiting God's Spirit (Isa 44:3). Spanish 'sediento' and French 'assoiffé' mirror this dual literal-figurative range. 9×
AR["الظَّمْآنُ", "الظَّمْآنِ", "العَطْشَانِ", "الْعَطَشِ", "عَطِشَ", "عَطْشَانٍ", "عِطاش", "وَ-عَطْشانٌ"]·ben["-তৃষ্ণার্ত", "এবং-তৃষ্ণার্ত", "তৃষ্ণার্ত", "তৃষ্ণার্তা", "তৃষ্ণার্তের", "শুষ্কের-সঙ্গে"]·DE["[צמא]", "der-durstig", "durstig", "thirsty", "und-thirsty"]·EN["and-thirsty", "of-the-thirsty", "the-thirsty", "thirsty", "thirsty-one"]·FR["assoiffé", "et-thirsty", "le-thirsty", "צמא"]·heb["ה-צמא", "ה-צמאה", "ו-צמא", "צמא", "צמאים"]·HI["और-प्यासे", "प्यासा", "प्यासी।", "प्यासे", "प्यासे-का"]·ID["dan-haus", "haus", "orang-haus", "yang-haus", "yang-kering"]·IT["[צמאים]", "assetato", "e-thirsty", "il-assetato", "thirsty"]·jav["ingkang-ngelak", "lan-ngelak", "ngelak", "tiyang-ngelak"]·KO["그-목마른-것과-함께", "그-목마른-자가", "그리고-목마르다", "목마르면", "목마른", "목마른-자를", "목마른-자에게", "목마른-자여", "목마른-자의"]·PT["a-sedenta", "e-sedento", "o-sedento", "sedento", "sedentos"]·RU["-жаждущие", "жаждет", "жаждущего", "жаждущему", "жаждущий", "жаждущим", "и-жаждущий"]·ES["al-sediento", "el-sediento", "la-sedienta", "sediento", "sedientos", "tiene-sed", "y-sediento"]·SW["ana-kiu", "cha-mwenye-kiu", "kiu", "mwenye-kiu", "na-wana-kiu", "wenye-kiu"]·TR["susamis", "susamışa", "susamışsa", "susayan", "susuz", "susuz-olani", "susuzun", "ve-susamlı"]·urd["اور-پیاسے", "پیاسا", "پیاسے", "پیاسے-کا", "پیاسے-کے"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צָמֵא adj. thirsty;—abs. צ׳ Is 21:14 +; fs. צְמֵאָה Dt 29:18; pl. צְמֵאִים ψ 107:5;—thirsty, usually + (or ‖) רָעֵב: 2 S 17:29; Pr 25:21 ψ 107:5, as subst. thirsty one Is 29:8; 32:6; so also 21:14, and (fig. of thirst for י׳’s favour) 55:1; צָמֵא 44:3 = thirsty place (Gunkl.c. proposes צְמֵאָה); הָרָוָה אֶת־הַצְּמֵאָה Dt 29:18 the watered (plant, herbage) with the thirsty, fig. of entire people.