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title: צוֹק — constraint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוֹק (lemma:צוֹק), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: constraint. BDB 1906: constraint, distress. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוֹק

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«צוֹק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **constraint** — 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:צוֹק · **BDB:** צוֹק

### Glosses

the.distress (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

constraint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d5_5b9_5e7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

constraint, distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d5_5b9_5e7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] si vera l., constraint, distress;—וּבְצוֹק הָעִתִּים Dn 9:25 usually in distressful times; Gr וּבְקֵץ וגו׳ (so 𝔊 \[v 27\] 𝔖), as beginning of v 26, omitting וְ in וְאחרי (cf. Bev Marti).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «צוֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d5_5b9_5e7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 9:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.25/)

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וְתֵדַ֨ע וְתַשְׂכֵּ֜ל מִן־מֹצָ֣א דָבָ֗ר לְהָשִׁיב֙ וְלִבְנ֤וֹת יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עַד־מָשִׁ֣יחַ נָגִ֔יד שָׁבֻעִ֖ים שִׁבְעָ֑ה וְשָׁבֻעִ֞ים שִׁשִּׁ֣ים וּשְׁנַ֗יִם תָּשׁוּב֙ וְנִבְנְתָה֙ רְח֣וֹב וְחָר֔וּץ וּבְצ֖וֹק הָעִתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.know and you.will.understand from \[the\].going.forth of.\[the\].word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until an.anointed.\[one\] a.prince sevens seven and sevens sixty and two it.will.return and it.will.be.built an.open.place and a.moat and in the.distress of the.times

*JPS 1917:* Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed, a prince, shall be seven weeks; and for threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with broad place and moat, but in troublous times.

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