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title: צוּקָה — pressure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוּקָה (6695), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: pressure. BDB 1906: n.f. pressure, distress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוּקָה

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«צוּקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pressure** — 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:** 6695 · **BDB:** צוּקָה

### Glosses

distress (2); of.distress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pressure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6695/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pressure, distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6695/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pressure, distress;—national Is 8:22 (+ צָרָה), cf. אֶרֶץ צָרָה וְצ׳ 30:6; personal צָרָה וְצ׳ Pr 1:27.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צוּקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6695/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.22/)

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וְאֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט וְהִנֵּ֨ה צָרָ֤ה וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ מְע֣וּף צוּקָ֔ה וַאֲפֵלָ֖ה מְנֻדָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* and to \[the\].earth it.will.look and there! trouble and darkness gloom of.distress and darkness \[it.is\].thrust.out

*JPS 1917:* or look unto the earth, behold distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and outspread thick darkness.

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[Proverbs 1:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.27/)

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בְּבֹ֤א כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה ׀ פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* when comes like a.storm dread your and calamity your like a.storm-wind it.will.arrive when comes on you trouble and distress

*JPS 1917:* When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.

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