- Original: צמק - Transliteration: Tsamaq - Phonetic: tsaw-mak' - Definition: 1. to dry, dry up, shrivel a. (Qal) to shrivel (of women's breasts) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1930 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to dry up: - dry. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • dry, 1 Hosea 9:14