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title: לַחַץ — oppression · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַחַץ (3906), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: oppression. BDB 1906: n.m. oppression, distress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַחַץ

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«לַחַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **oppression** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 3906 · **BDB:** לַ֫חַץ

### Glosses

oppression (9); of.oppression (2); the.oppression (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

oppression [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3906/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. oppression, distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3906/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. oppression, distress;—ל׳ abs. 1 K 22:27(×2) + 5 times; cstr. 2 K 13:4 + 2 times; sf. לַחֲצֵ֫נוּ Dt 26:4 ψ 44:25;—oppression of Isr. Ex 3:9 (E; + vb. cogn.), 2 K 13:4 cf. Dt 26:7 (‖ עֳנִי, עָמָל) ψ 44:25 (‖ עֳנִי); oppr. of (i.e. by) an enemy, ψ 42:10; 43:2; in gen. Jb 36:15 (‖ עֳנִי); לֶחֶם ל׳ וּמַיִם ל׳ 1 K 22:27 = 2 Ch 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i. e. prison-fare (\> Klo scanty fare); cf. לֶחֶם צַר וּמַיִם ל׳ Is 30:20, appar. of privations of a siege (cf. Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages v. Ges§ 131. 2 (b) Köiii, § 333 p. q. DaSynt. § 29. e).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַחַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3906/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 44:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.25/)

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לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣נוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* why? face your do.you.hide do.you.forget? affliction our and oppression our

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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[Job 36:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.15/)

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יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.rescues \[the\].afflicted by affliction his and he.uncovers by (the) oppression ear their

*JPS 1917:* He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.

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