צָמֵא I, (b. h.) [shrunk,] parched, thirsty. Taan. 22ᵇ לא שכורה ולא צ׳ that the ground be neither drunk (oversated) nor thirsty; a. e.—Pl. צְמֵאִים, צְמֵאִין; צְמֵאוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVIII, 19 משקה צ׳ הייתי I used to give drink to the thirsty; והם אומרים לו זה השער לה׳ משקה צ׳ הכנס בו ed. Bub. and they (in heaven) say to him, ‘this is the gate of the Lord’, thou, who hast been a giver of drink to the thirsty, enter thereby. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII וכשצ׳ כל החיות וכ׳ and when they are thirsty, all the beasts gather around her (the hind) &c.; a. e.