צמא

Hebrew

Root
צ־מ־א (ts-m-ʾ)
1 term

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣amiʔ- (“to thirst”). Compare Arabic ظَمِئَ (ẓamiʔa, “to thirst; to long”).

צָמֵא • (tsamé) (pa'al construction)

to thirst, be thirsty
- Tanach, Exodus 17:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיִּצְמָא שָׁם הָעָם לַמַּיִם וַיָּלֶן הָעָם עַל מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר לָמָּה זֶּה הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם לְהָמִית אֹתִי וְאֶת בָּנַי וְאֶת מִקְנַי בַּצָּמָא.
  But the people thirsted there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?”
(figuratively) to long, yearn

Conjugation of **צָמֵא** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לצמוא / לִצְמֹא
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	צָמֵאתִי		צָמֵאנוּ
	second	צָמֵאתָ	צָמֵאת	צְמֵאתֶם¹	צְמֵאתֶן¹
	third	צָמֵא	צָמְאָה	צָמְאוּ
present		צָמֵא	צְמֵאָה	צְמֵאִים	צְמֵאוֹת
future	first	אֶצְמָא		נִצְמָא
	second	תִּצְמָא	תִּצְמְאִי	תִּצְמְאוּ	תִּצְמֶאנָה²
	third	יִצְמָא	תִּצְמָא	יִצְמְאוּ	תִּצְמֶאנָה²
imperative	positive	צְמָא	צִמְאִי	צִמְאוּ	צְמֶאנָה²
imperative	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced צָמֵאתֶם and צָמֵאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

צָמֵא • (tsamé) (feminine צְמֵאָה, masculine plural צְמֵאִים, feminine plural צְמֵאוֹת) [pattern: קָטֵל]

צָמָא • (tsamá) m (no plural forms, singular construct צְמָא־) [pattern: קָטָל]