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title: צוּק — constrain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוּק (6693), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: constrain. BDB 1906: vb. constrain, bring into straits, press upon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוּק

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«צוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **constrain** — 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:** 6693 · **BDB:** צוּק

### Glosses

he.will.bring.distress (3); the.\[one.who\].oppresses (2); I.will.bring.distress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

constrain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6693/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. constrain, bring into straits, press upon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6693/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. constrain, bring into straits, press upon (NH צוּק be distressed (rare), Hiph. = BH; Arabic ضَاقَ (ى) be narrow, tight, so Ethiopic ጦቀ:; Aramaic עִיק, ܥܳܩ; Chr. Pal. ܨܘܩ );—Pf. 3 fs. הֵצִיקָה Ju 16:16, sf. הֱצִיקַתְהוּ 14:17, -נִי Jb 32:18 (Gi v 19); 1 s. וַהֲצִיקוֹתִ֫י consec. Is 29:2; Impf. 3 ms. יָצִיק Dt 28:53 + 2 times; 3 mpl. יָצִיקוּ Je 19:9, Pt. מֵצִיק Is 51:13(×2) pl. מְצִיקִים 29:7;—bring into straits, by importunity c. ל pers. Ju 16:16, c. sf. pers. 14:17; constrain (to speak) Jb 32:18 (sf. pers.); elsewhere of bringing into straits a city or people, c. ל, Is 29:2, 7, so 7:6 (reading וּנְצִיקֶנָּה for MT וּנְקִיצֶנָּה), Thes Che Du Gr Marti, cf. formula בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר יָצ׳ לְ Dt 28:53, 55, 57 Je 19:9; pt. abs. הַמֵּצִיק Is 51:13(×2) the oppressor.

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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 (4 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 «צוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6693/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 32:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.18/)

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כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.am.full words it has.constrained.me the.spirit my.belly my

*JPS 1917:* For I am full of words; the spirit within me constraineth me.

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[Isaiah 26:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.16/)

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יְהוָ֖ה בַּצַּ֣ר פְּקָד֑וּךָ צָק֣וּן לַ֔חַשׁ מוּסָרְךָ֖ לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh in (the) distress people sought.you they poured.out a.whisper chastening your \[was\].to them

*JPS 1917:* LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

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