H6773 H6773
parched condition, state of being dried out from thirst
This noun describes the parched condition of the throat from thirst, appearing in Jeremiah 2:25 in God's rebuke of Israel's spiritual adultery. God warns, 'Keep your throat from being parched,' meaning stop your frenzied pursuit of foreign gods. The imagery is physical—a throat raw from desperate panting after lovers—but the meaning is spiritual. The dried, parched state symbolizes both the exhausting nature of idolatry and its ultimate inability to satisfy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The parched, dried-out condition of the throat from thirst. Jeremiah 2:25 uses it figuratively: God tells wayward Israel to 'spare your throat from being parched' (from running after other gods). The physical image is vivid—throat raw from panting in desperate pursuit—but applied to spiritual adultery. Israel exhausts herself chasing false lovers, leaving her throat parched and desperate, yet refuses to return to the true source of refreshment. 1×
AR["مِنَ-الْعَطَشِ"]·ben["তৃষ্ণা-থেকে"]·DE["[מצמאה]"]·EN["from-thirst"]·FR["[מצמאה]"]·heb["מ-צמאה"]·HI["प्यास-से"]·ID["dari-kehausan"]·IT["[מצמאה]"]·jav["saking-kasatan"]·KO["갈증-으로부터"]·PT["de-sede"]·RU["от-жажды"]·ES["de-la-sed"]·SW["kutoka-kiu"]·TR["susuzluktan-"]·urd["پیاس-سے"]
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
† צִמְאָה n.f. parched condition;—Je 2:25 spare thy throat מִצ׳, from being parched (in fig.).