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וַיִּזְעֲקוּ (vayiz'akú) (Biblical Hebrew pausal form וַיִּזְעָקוּ (vayiz'áku))

  1. Third-person masculine plural vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of זָעַק (zaák).
    • Tanach, Psalms 107:19, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אֶל יהוה בַּצַּר לָהֶם
      vayiz'akú el YHVH batsár lahém
      Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:23, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיֵּאָנְחוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן הָעֲבֹדָה וַיִּזְעָקוּ
      vayeanchú v'ne yisraél min haavodá vayiz'áku
      and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried