tsa.rach denotes a loud cry, heard in a battle setting and in the bitter day of the LORD.

The attested use denotes a loud vocal outcry: in Isaiah 42:13 it occurs amid the LORD's advance against enemies, while in Zephaniah 1:14 it describes the cry of a mighty man in the bitter day of the LORD.

1. Loud outcry in intense conflict · dominant

   In Isaiah 42:13, the Hiphil imperfect form occurs as the LORD goes forth as a warrior against enemies; the APB renders the surrounding clause with a raised battle cry and loud shouting. In Zephaniah 1:14, the Qal active participle describes a mighty man crying in the bitter day of the LORD; the APB renders the clause, “a mighty man cries there.”

   Isaiah 42:13Zephaniah 1:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in Isaiah 42:13 through battle-cry and shouting language, and in Zephaniah 1:14 as a mighty man who “cries.” These renderings confirm the verses' vocal-outcry context rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.