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ṣwḥ (a/a) vb. to cry out
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Gpəˁalto cry out loudly2 senses▶
1
to cry out loudly
JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Ez21:17↗ צְוַח וְאֵילֵיל בַר אָדָם‏ ; Amu15 1.11↗ וקטל לברה וצוח̇[ת‏ : he killed her son and she? cried out ; GT D Gen38:26↗ קַם לֵיהּ עַל רַ̊גְלוֹי ו̊צוַח ואָמר‏ ; CPA Psalms56:3↗ ܝܨܘܚ ܠܘܬ݁ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܘܡܡܐ‏ : I will cry out to the most high God ; BT Tan 24b(8)↗ ואנן צוחינן כולי יומא וליכא דמשגח בן‏ : we cry out the whole day, and no one pays attention to us ; BT Ket 51b(26)↗ כגון דאיכא עדים דקא צווחא מתחי׳ ועד סוף‏ : if, for instance, there are witnesses that she was shouting from beginning to end (during the rape; cf. Dt 22:27) ; Tobit(Med) 10.11 chap 6↗ נפק נון חד מן נהרא ואכל לחמא דטליא וצווח טליא‏ : a certain fish emerged from the river and eat the lad's bread, so the lad cried out
(1)
in complaint or pain
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Ex5:15↗ text not cited ; GT E Gen41:55↗ וצבחו עמה קודם פרעה‏ ; SamTgJ Ex2:23↗ ואתנחו בני ישראל מן עבידתה וצבעו‏ : the children of Israel groaned from the hard work and complained ; BT BB 138a(18)↗ והאי דלא צווח עד השתא סבר כי לא מטי לי מאי אצווח‏ : the reason he did not protest until now (was that) he thought: 'Why should I protest as long as it has not come into my possession?' ; PJ Gen41:55↗ וצוח עמא קדם פרעה בגין לחמא‏ : the people cried out to Pharaoh on account of food
(2)
to shriek, screech
Syr
JSBhom 71day5 1779↗ ܚܲܓܠܐ ܕܩܵܪܸܐ ܝܲܘܢܐ ܕܢܵܗܸܡ ܢܸܫܪܐ ܕܨܵܘܲܚ‏ : a partridge that calls, dove that coos, vulture that screeches
2
to call something, term (as a nick-name or explanation)
Gal, LJLA
BR 472:4(1)↗ דלא יהוון מונין לה וצבחין לה עקרתא‏ : so that they shouldn't taunt her and call her "the barren woman" ; VR 800:2(1)↗ כהדין סמיא דצווחין ליה סגי נהורא‏ : like the blind man that they call "much light" ; TgIChron 2:17↗ והוו צווחין ליה יתר ישמעאלא‏ : they used to refer to him as PN the Ishmaelite ; TgIChron 4:15↗ והוון צווחין ליה כלב בר יפנה מטול דפני לביה מן עיטת‏ : they used to call hime Caleb son of "would be turned" because he turned his heart away from the advice
(1)
to invite (i.e., to name in one's invitation list)
Gal
VR 654:2(1)↗ אית דלא צווחינן ליה אמרו ליה‏ : is there someone whom we didn't invite?
Dpaˁˁelto shout1 sense▶
to shout
Gal, Syr
BR 1096:2(1)↗ שמע קלה מצווחה‏ : heard her shouting
Cˀafˁelto howl, wail in pain3 senses▶
1
to howl, wail in pain
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Is65:19↗ לָא יִשתְמַע בַה עוֹד קָל דְבָכַן וְקָל דְמַצוְחִין‏ ; Lag(316) Matt27:50↗ ܗܘ ܕܝ ܡܪܐ ܝܣܘܣ ܬܘܒܢ ܐܨܝܚ ܒܩܠܐ ܪܡܐ ܘܫܒܩ ܪܘܚܐ‏ : then the Lord Jesus cried out again in a loud voice and gave up the ghost ; TgLamYem 3:8↗ אַף אְרוּם אַצוַח וַאְצַלֵי‏ : †
(1)
of an instrument
JLAtg
TgJ Ez7:14↗ נָפְקִין בְאַצוָחֻת קַרנָא‏
2
to cause to cry out
JBA
BT Šab 33b(46)↗ הוה קא בכי וקא נתרן דמעי וקא מצווחן ליה‏ : he was crying and the tears were falling and making him cry out
3
to proclaim loudly
CPA
Lag(359) John1:15↗ ܝܘܚܢܝܣ ܡܣܝܕ ܥܠ ܕܛܒܗ ܘܐܨܝܚ ܘܐܡܪ‏ : John witnesses about him and cried out loudly and said
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be called1 sense▶
to be called
Gal
BR 409:1(1)↗ אתר הוא תמן מצטוח מרומאי‏ : it is a place called there by the Romans
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with consonantal waw in all but some CPA, hence PTA, Gal. and Sam. also spelled צבח (and Sam. צבע )!
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The cited JBA examples of C may well be D instead.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1278[623]DJPA: 459bDJBA: 953bJastrow: 1266Payne-Smith: 3378J. Payne-Smith: 475Levy Ch-W: 2:317Tal Sam: 725bDNWSI: 965DCPA[Schulthess]: 350[168]Qumran: 199

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