tsa.a.qah denotes an urgent cry arising from distress, disaster, grief, or a grievous public wrong.

The noun most often marks a loud cry amid calamity, loss, or communal alarm; it also occurs for appeals arising from oppression and for an outcry associated with grave wrongdoing. The supplied clauses present such cries as heard by people, reaching God, or sounding from places under judgment.

1. Cry amid disaster, loss, or public alarm · dominant

   In Exodus 12:30 the absolute noun occurs when Egypt erupts in a great cry after death in every house; Exodus 11:6 likewise announces a great cry throughout Egypt. In Jeremiah 48:3 and Jeremiah 49:21, the APB renders the surrounding reports as an outcry or cry accompanying violence, shattering, and a fall heard far away.

   Exodus 11:6Exodus 12:301 Samuel 4:14Jeremiah 48:3Jeremiah 49:21Zephaniah 1:10
2. Appeal arising from affliction · common

   The construct forms in Exodus 3:7 and Exodus 3:9 occur in clauses where Israel's cry reaches God alongside their oppression in Egypt. Job 34:28 names the cry of the poor and afflicted, while Nehemiah 5:1 describes the people and women raising a great cry toward their fellow Jews.

   Exodus 3:7Exodus 3:91 Samuel 9:16Job 27:9Job 34:28Nehemiah 5:1
3. Outcry connected with grievous wrong · occasional

   In Genesis 18:21 and Genesis 19:13, construct forms occur in the report of an outcry that has come before the LORD and is linked to the coming destruction of a place. Isaiah 5:7 places the absolute noun after the failed expectation of justice and righteousness, where the APB renders the contrast with bloodshed and a cry.

   Genesis 18:21Genesis 19:13Isaiah 5:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB uses "cry" most often and also uses "outcry" where the surrounding report concerns destruction or violence. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than define each token separately.