זְעָקָה

zeaqah

ze-a-KAH

outcry, cry for help

Where it comes from

A scream, not a prayer — the sound of someone being wronged. Sodom’s cry reaches God before any prophet reports it, and the same word is used later of Israel under Egypt.

Genesis 18:20

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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