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title: מָצוֹק — straitness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָצוֹק (4689), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: straitness. BDB 1906: straitness, straits, stress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָצוֹק

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«מָצוֹק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **straitness** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4689 · **BDB:** מָצוֹק²

### Glosses

distress (5); of.distress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

straitness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4689/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

straitness, straits, stress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4689/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] straitness, straits, stress;—always abs. מ׳;—כָּל־אִישׁ מ׳ 1 S 22:2 every man of straits (in straits); בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמ׳ Dt 28:53, 55, 57; Je 19:9 (all of national straits); צַר־וּמ׳ מְצָאוּנִי ψ 119:143; perhaps read מָצוֹק also 32:6, for מצא רק, cf. Du Br.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָצוֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4689/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.143/)

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צַר־וּמָצ֥וֹק מְצָא֑וּנִי מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃

*Word for word:* anxiety and distress they have.found.me commandments your delight(s) \[are\].my

*JPS 1917:* Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight.

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[Deuteronomy 28:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.53/)

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וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ פְרִֽי־בִטְנְךָ֗ בְּשַׂ֤ר בָּנֶ֙יךָ֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁר־יָצִ֥יק לְךָ֖ אֹיְבֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.eat the.fruit your.womb your the.flesh your.sons your and daughters your whom he.has.given to you Yahweh God your in.\[the\] siege and in.\[the\] distress which he.will.bring.distress to you enemy your

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom the LORD thy God hath given thee; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee.

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