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title: לָחַץ — squeeze · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָחַץ (3905), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: squeeze. BDB 1906: vb. squeeze, press oppress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָחַץ

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«לָחַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **squeeze** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 3905 · **BDB:** לָחַץ

### Glosses

\[those (3); he.oppressed (2); \[are\].oppressing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

squeeze [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3905/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. squeeze, press oppress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3905/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. squeeze, press, fig. oppress (Arabic لَحَّصَ; Chr-Pal. ܠܚܨ SchwallyIdioticon 48 (with which NöM 74 comp. Mand. הלאצא, torture, NS. ܚܵܠܸܨ press together, urge, exert oneself); see also rare deriv. in Syriac PS 1932);— Pf. ל׳ Ju 4:3 + 2 times etc.; Impf. sf. יִלְחָצֵנִי ψ 56:2; 3 fs. וַתִּלְחַץ Nu 22:25, etc.; Pt. pl. לֹחֲצִים Ex 3:9 + 2 times, etc.— squeeze, press: sq. acc. + ה or אֶל Ju 1:34 Nu 22:25b (J); sq. acc. + בְּ instr. 2 K 6:32 shut the door and press him (back, out) with the door. oppress: sq. acc. pers. Ex 22:20 (‖ הוֹנָה), 23:9 (both E), ψ 56:2; of people Ex 3:9 (E; + acc. cogn.), Ju 2:18; 4:3; 6:9; 10:12 1 S 10:18 Am 6:14 2 K 13:4, 22 Je 30:20 ψ 106:42; abs. Is 19:20. Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּלָּחֵץ Nu 22:25a (J) squeeze oneself, of Balaam’s ass, sq. אֶל־הַקִּיר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָחַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3905/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.13.22/)

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וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם לָחַ֖ץ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃

*Word for word:* and Hazael the.king of.Aram he.had.oppressed (et) Israel all the.days of.Jehoahaz

*JPS 1917:* And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

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[Psalms 106:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.42/)

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וַיִּלְחָצ֥וּם אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וַ֝יִּכָּנְע֗וּ תַּ֣חַת יָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they oppressed.them enemies their and they.were.humbled under hand their

*JPS 1917:* Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.

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