צָמֵא II (b. h.; preced.) to be thirsty.
Hif. - הִצְמִיא to cause to perish from thirst. Sifré Deut. 199 (ref. to Deut. XX, 10 להלחם עליה … ולא להַצְמִיאָהּ וכ׳ ‘to wage war against it’, but not to let it perish from famine or thirst, or cause it to die from pestilence; a. e.