- Original: צמא - Transliteration: Tsame' - Phonetic: tsaw-may' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to be thirsty - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1926 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to thirst (literally or figuratively): - (be a- suffer) thirst (-y). Total KJV Occurrences: 10 • athirst, 2 Judges 15:18; Ruth 2:9 • thirst, 2 Job 24:11; Isaiah 49:10 • thirsted, 2 Exodus 17:3; Isaiah 48:21 • thirsteth, 2 Psalm 42:2; Psalm 63:1 • thirsty, 2 Judges 4:19; Isaiah 65:13