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title: מְצוּקָה — narrowness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְצוּקָה (4691), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: narrowness. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְצוּקָה

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«מְצוּקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **narrowness** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 4691 · **BDB:** מְצוּקָה

### Glosses

troubles (5); trouble (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

narrowness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4691/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4691/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. צַר וּמ׳ Jb 15:24; יוֹם צָרָה וּמ׳ Zp 1:15; pl. sf., of י׳ delivering מִמְּצוּקוֹתַי ψ 25:17, מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם etc., 107:6, 13, 19, 28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְצוּקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4691/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 25:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.17/)

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צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* the.distresses my.heart my they.have.made.wide from troubles my deliver me

*JPS 1917:* The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.

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[Job 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.24/)

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יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* they terrify.him distress and trouble it overpowers.him like a.king ready for (the) battle

*JPS 1917:* Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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