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title: מוּצָק — constraint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּצָק (4164), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: constraint. BDB 1906: constraint, distress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּצָק

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«מוּצָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **constraint** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4164 · **BDB:** מוּצָק⁴

### Glosses

constraint (2); distress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

constraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4164/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

constraint, distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4164/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] constraint, distress;—abs. מוּצָק Is 8:23 distress; abs. also מוּצַק Jb 36:16, of distress as constraint (opp. רַחַב); רֹחַב מַיִם בְּמוּצָ֑ק 37:10, lit. in constraint (i.e. forzen).—i. מוּצָק v. יצק.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוּצָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4164/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.10/)

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מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃

*Word for word:* from the.breath of.God it.gives ice and.\[the\] breadth of.\[the\].waters \[is\].(in) constraint

*JPS 1917:* By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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[Job 36:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.16/)

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וְאַ֤ף הֲסִיתְךָ֨ ׀ מִפִּי־צָ֗ר רַ֭חַב לֹא־מוּצָ֣ק תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְנַ֥חַת שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗ מָ֣לֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃

*Word for word:* and also he has.allured.you from.\[the\] mouth of.distress a.broad.space not constraint in its.place and the.quietness your.table your it.was.full fatness

*JPS 1917:* Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;

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