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title: צָרָה — straits · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרָה (6869), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 70 times: straits. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרָה

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«צָרָה» 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:** 70 times · **Key:** 6869 · **BDB:** צָרָה²

### Glosses

trouble (18); distress (12); of.trouble (12)

### Meaning (OSHB)

straits [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6869/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6869/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. צ׳ 1 S 26:24 +, צָרָ֫תָה ψ 120:1 (Ges§ 90 g); cstr. צָרַת Gn 42:21; sf. צָרָתִי 35:3 +, צָרַתְכֶם Ju 10:14, etc.; pl. צָרוֹת abs. Is 65:16 +; sf. צָרֹתֵיכֶם 1 S 10:19, etc.;—straits, distress, Gn 42:21 (E); 1 S 26:24; 2 S 4:9; 1 K 1:29; Is 8:22; Jb 5:19; 27:9; especially ψψ (24 times), e.g. 22:12; 25:17 (v. רחב), v 22 31:8; 34:17, 18; specif. of travail, צָרָה וַחֲבָלִים Je 49:24 (sim.), cf. 4:31 (Gie צְוָחָה, after 𝔊); צָרַת נַפְשׁוֹ Gn 42:21 (E); בְּיוֹם צָרָתִי 35:3 (E), ψ 77:3; 86:7, cf. 2 K 19:3 = Is 37:3, ψ 20:2; 50:15 Pr 24:10; 25:19; Je 16:19; Ob 12, 14; Na 1:7; Hb 3:16, יוֹם צ׳ וּמְצוּקָה Zp 1:15; בְּעֵת־צָרַתְכֶם Ju 10:14, cf. Ne 9:27 ψ 37:39 Is 33:2 Je 14:8; 15:11; 30:7; Dn 12:1; also בַּצָּרָה ψ 81:8, בְּצָרָה 91:15 Ne 9:37, בְּצָרוֹת ψ 46:2, etc.; רָעוֹת וְצָרוֹת Dt 31:17, 21 cf. 1 S 10:19 ψ 71:20, צָרָה וְצוּקָה Pr 1:27, אֶרֶץ צ׳ וְצ׳ Is 30:6; c. ל (poet.), בַּצָּרָ֫תָה לִי ψ 120:1 in my distress, מִצָּרָה לִי Jon 2:3.—צָרָה Zc 10:11, read מִצְרַיִם \[or מָצוֹר\] We Now GASm; צֹ֫רָה KloThLZ, 1879, 566 StaZAW i (1881), 22; ψ 9:10; 10:1 v. בַּצָּרָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 51 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6869/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[Psalms 25:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.22/)

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פְּדֵ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִ֝כֹּ֗ל צָֽרוֹתָיו׃

*Word for word:* redeem O.God (et) Israel from all troubles its

*JPS 1917:* Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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