זַעַק zaʻaq — a shriek or outcry
Translated in the KJV as cry.
and (feminine) זְעָקָהxlit zᵉâqâh corrected to zᵉʻâqâh; from H2199; a shriek or outcry.
zaʻaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
זַעֲקֶ֔ךָ Isa 30:19 Infinitive construct
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›