H7771b H7771b
A cry, likely a war-cry or shout for help in battle
This rare noun appears only once in Isaiah's oracle about the Valley of Vision, describing a day of tumult with shouting echoing in the mountains. The word captures both the chaos of battle and the desperation of those crying out for deliverance. Hebrew שׁוֹעַ belongs to a family of terms associated with loud, urgent vocalization—whether the rallying cry of soldiers or the plea of the endangered.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Used in Isaiah 22:5 within a vivid scene of confusion and panic. The context describes 'a day of tumult and trampling and confusion' with noise reverberating to the mountains, suggesting this is not ordinary speech but the heightened vocal expression that accompanies crisis—either the shout of warriors in combat or desperate civilians seeking rescue. 1×
AR["وَصُرَاخٌ"]·ben["ও-কাঁদা"]·DE["[ושוע]"]·EN["and-crying-out"]·FR["[ושוע]"]·heb["ו-שוע"]·HI["और-चीखना"]·ID["dan-jeritan"]·IT["[ושוע]"]·jav["lan-njrit"]·KO["그리고-부르짖음이라"]·PT["e-grito"]·RU["и-вопль"]·ES["y-clamor"]·SW["na-kilio"]·TR["ve-feryat"]·urd["اور-چیخنے-والا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. שׁוֹעַ n.[m.] cry, perhaps war-cry, or cry for help in war Is 22:5.—i. שׁוֹעַ v. ישׁע.