Brown-Driver-Briggs
זְעָקָה noun feminine cry, outcry, absolute
׳ז Jeremiah 18:22 5t.; construct
זַעֲקַת Genesis 18:20 3t.; suffix
זַעֲקָתִי Job 16:18;
זַעֲקָתָם Isaiah 15:5 3t.; —
1 outcry, against, זַעֲקַת ׳סְדֹם וגו Genesis 18:20 (J).
2 cry of distress, concerning something זַעֲקַתשֶֿׁבֶר Isaiah 15:5 (object of יְעֹעֵ֑רוּ; compare בִּבְכִי in prev. clause); absolute Isaiah 15:8 (subject of הִקִּיפָה, "" יְלָלָה); Jeremiah 18:22 (׳תִּשָּׁמַע ז), Jeremiah 20:16; Jeremiah 48:4; Jeremiah 50:46; Nehemiah 5:6; Nehemiah 9:9 (all with שׁמע), Jeremiah 48:34 (jointed with נתן קול), Job 16:18; Esther 9:31 (lamentation), compare Esther 4:1 (גְּדוֺלָה וּמָרָה ׳ז, accusative of congnate meaning with verb with זעק); specifically זעקתדָּֿ֑ל Proverbs 21:13 cry of poor; ׳קול ז Isaiah 65:19 ("" קול בכי), Jeremiah 51:54; Ezekiel 27:28.
3 outcry, clamour זעקת מושׁל בַּכְּסִילִים Ecclesiastes 9:17 (opposed to דברי חכמים בְּנַחַת נשׁמעים).
זער (Arabic 
be scanty, of hair, plumage, etc.; Aramaic 
, זְעַר be or grow small; compare צער).
