Brown-Driver-Briggs
צָעַק verb cry, cry out, call (""
זָעַק; Late Hebrew
id.; Arabic
perhaps originally
sound as thunder, compare
thunderbolt,
bellow (of bull)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular׳צ 1 Kings 20:39; Lamentations 2:18, 3feminine singular צָֽעֲקָה Deuteronomy 22:24 +, etc.; Imperfect יִצְעַק Exodus 23:22 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular וְצַעֲקִי Jeremiah 22:20, וּצֳעָ֑קִי Jeremiah 22:20; feminine plural צְעַקְנָה Jeremiah 49:3; Infinitive absolute צָעֹק Exodus 22:22; construct לִצְעֹק 2 Kings 8:3; Participle feminine singular absolute צֹעֶ֫קֶת 2 Kings 8:5; masculine plural צֹעֲקִים Genesis 4:10; Exodus 5:8; —
1 cry, cry out, for help, usually with אֶל person; —
a. unto man Genesis 41:55 (E; + ל of thing), Numbers 11:3 (JE), 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 6:26; 2 Kings 8:3 (+ אֶל of thing), 2 Kings 8:5 (+ עַל of thing); followed by אמר Exodus 5:15 (J), 2 Kings 4:1 and (אֶל person omitted) Exodus 5:8 (J), 2 Kings 4:40; 2 Kings 6:5.
b. especially unto ׳י: Genesis 4:10; Exodus 8:8 ( + עַלֿ דְּבַר of thing), Exodus 14:10,15; Exodus 15:25; Exodus 17:4; Exodus 22:22 (צָעֹק יִצְעַק), Exodus 22:26; Numbers 12:13; Numbers 20:16; Joshua 24:7 (all J E), Judges 4:3; Judges 10:12; Deuteronomy 26:7; Isaiah 19:20 (+ מִמְּנֵי of thing), Lamentations 2:18; Nehemiah 9:27; Psalm 107:6; Psalm 107:28; קוֺלִי וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה ׳אֶלאֿ Psalm 77:2, compare Psalm 34:18; with ׳לי2Chronicles 13:14: נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 88:2.
c. cry unto (אֶל) idol Isaiah 46:7.
2 absolute cry, cry out, in distress, need; — Genesis 27:34 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Deuteronomy 22:24,27; Isaiah 33:7 ("" בָּכָה), Isaiah 65:14 ("" הֵילִיל, opposed to רָנַן; with מִן of thing), Jeremiah 22:20 (twice in verse) ("" נָתַן קוֺל), Jeremiah 49:3 ("" הֵילִיל), Job 35:12; with object חָמָס Job 19:7 ("" אֲשַׁוַּע).
3 make outcry, clamour, Isaiah 42:2 (+ יִשָּׂא, יַשְׁמִיעַ קוֺלוֺ ).
Niph`al be summoned (i.e. to arms), absolute; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּצָּעֵק Judges 7:23,24; Judges 12:1, Songs 3 masculine plural וַיִּצָּֽעֲקוּ Judges 10:17; 2 Kings 3:21, followed by אַחֲרֵי שָׁאוּל + accusative of location 1 Samuel 13:4.
Pi`el Participle מְצַעֵק cry aloud, in grief, 2 Kings 2:12.
Hiph`il call together הַמִּצְמָּה ׳וַיַּצְעֵקאֶתהָֿעָם אֶליֿ 1 Samuel 10:17.
