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title: צַר — straits · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַר (6862), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: straits. BDB 1906: straits, distress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַר

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«צַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **straits** — 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 6862 · **BDB:** צַר³

### Glosses

distress (21); of.distress (3); narrow (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

straits [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6862/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

straits, distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6862/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] straits, distress;—abs. צ׳ Jb 15:24 +, also c. art. בַּצַּר Ho 5:15 +, צָ֑ר ψ 4:2 +;—straits, distress Is 5:30; Jb 15:24 ψ 32:7; 60:13 108:13 צַר־וּמָצוֹק 119:143; עֵת־צ׳ Jb 38:23, cf. בַּצַּר Is 26:16, בַּצָּ֑ר ψ 4:2; צ׳־רוּהִי Jb 7:11 distress of my spirit; לֶחֶם צַר Is 30:20; לֹא צָ֗ר Is 63:9 usually he (י׳) had distress (reading לִוֹ Qr), but 𝔊 οὐ πρέσβυς, Du CheHpt. al. לֹא צִר, no messenger (but) his own face, etc.; cf. Jb 36:16, 19. Instead of sf. directly appended, ל sf. is used (only after ב): בַּצַּר־לִי in my distress ψ 18:7 = 2 S 22:7, ψ 66:14, so בְּיוֹם צַר(־)לִי 59:17; 102:3; בַּצַּר לְךָ Dt 4:30 (prob. orig. meant as בְּצַר, or בְּצֹר \[inf.\], Dr; so) בַּצַּר־לוֹ Is 25:4; 2 Ch 15:4, בַּצַּר לָהֶם Ho 5:15 ψ 107:6, 13, 19, 28, also (after רָאָה) 106:44—צַר 1 S 2:32 is corrupt. III. צַר v. II. צָרַר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (31 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6862/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.7/)

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גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר׃

*Word for word:* pride \[is\].rows of.shields \[it.is\].shut.up a.seal tight

*JPS 1917:* His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

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[Proverbs 24:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.10/)

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הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָ֗ה צַ֣ר כֹּחֶֽכָה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.shown.yourself.without.courage in a.day of.trouble \[is\].narrow strength your

*JPS 1917:* If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small indeed.

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