זְעִק zᵉʻiq — to make an outcry

pronounced zek'-eek · Strong's H2200 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as cry.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2199; to make an outcry.

zᵉʻiq in each stem

Pe'al 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

זְעִ֑ק Dan 6:21 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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