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title: צרר — suffer distress · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צרר (lemma:צרר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: suffer distress. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צרר

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«צרר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **suffer distress** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:צרר · **BDB:** צרר

### Glosses

I.will.treat.as.a.foe (1); the.foes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

suffer distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5e8_5e8/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (√ of foll.; cf. Arabic ظَرَّ be sharp (? denom.), ظِرٌّ, ظُرَرٌ sharp-edged hard stone, Assyrian ṣurtu, appar. knife RJ HarperBAS ii. 435; Syriac ܛܰܪܳܢܳܐ rock, stone, flint).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צרר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5e8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 11:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.11.13/)

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וְסָ֙רָה֙ קִנְאַ֣ת אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְצֹרְרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ לֹֽא־יְקַנֵּ֣א אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה לֹֽא־יָצֹ֥ר אֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.come.to.an.end the.jealousy of.Ephraim and the.foes of.Judah they.will.be.cut.off Ephraim not it.will.be.jealous.of (et) Judah and Judah not it.will.treat.as.foes (et) Ephraim

*JPS 1917:* The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

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[Exodus 23:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.22/)

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כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁמֹ֤עַ תִּשְׁמַע֙ בְּקֹל֔וֹ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ וְצַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) if carefully.(listen) you.will.listen to voice his and you.will.do all that I.will.say and I.will.be.an.enemy.to (et) enemies your and I.will.treat.as.a.foe (et) foes your

*JPS 1917:* But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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