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title: צָרָה — vexer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָרָה (lemma:צָרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: vexer. BDB 1906: n.f. vexer, rival-wife. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָרָה

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«צָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vexer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:צָרָה · **BDB:** צָרָה³

### Glosses

rival (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vexer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. vexer, rival-wife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. vexer, rival-wife (v. reff. sub √; also Ecclus 37:11);—sf. צָרָתָהּ 1 S 1:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 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 «צָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.6/)

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וְכִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם־כַּ֔עַס בַּעֲב֖וּר הַרְּעִמָ֑הּ כִּֽי־סָגַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד רַחְמָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and she provoked.her rival her also provocation in order to disconcert.her (dm) he.had.closed Yahweh behind womb her

*JPS 1917:* And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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