Lexical Definition

‎אוּץ‎ ʼûwts (oots) to hasten ^H:V
a primitive root

(make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.

• to press
• (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw

1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to press, hasten
1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
1a3) to hasten, make haste
1a4) be narrow
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to urge, insist
1b2) to hasten

See Greek: βουλεύω · κατισχύω · κοπιάω · προπορεύομαι · σπουδάζω · στενοχωρέω · ταχύ · ταχύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אוּץ‎] verb press, be pressed, make haste —

Qal Perfect ‎אָץ‎ Josh 10:13; Josh 17:15 ‎אַ֫צְתִּי‎ Jer 17:16 Participle ‎אָץ‎ Prov 19:2 + 3 t. Proverbs; ‎אָצִים‎ Exod 5:13 —

1. press, hasten (transitive but object not expressed) Exod 5:13 (E).

2. (intransitive) be pressed, confined, narrow Josh 17:15 ‎כִי אָץ לְךָ הַראֶֿפְרַיִם‎.

3. hasten, make haste, followed by ‎ל‎ + Infinitive Josh 10:13 ‎לֹא אָץ לָבוֺא‎ (J, of sun); Prov 28:20 ‎לְהַעֲשִׂיר‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎; followed by ‎מִן‎ Jer 17:16 ‎מֵרֹעֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎לֹא א‎; followed by ‎ב‎ (of particular in which one hastens) Prov 19:2 (‎בְּרגְלַיִם‎); Prov 29:20 (‎בִּדְבָרִים‎); compare also Prov 21:5 ‎וְכָלאָֿץ אַח לְמַחְסוֺר‎. Hiph`il Imperfect ‎וַיָּאִיצוּ‎ Gen 19:15 ‎תָּאִיצוּ‎ Isa 22:4 — hasten (transitive) followed by ‎ב‎ Gen 19:15 (J); followed by ‎ל‎ + Infinitive ‎׳‎‎אַלתָּֿא‎ ‎לְנַחֲמֵנִי‎ Isa 22:4. (May be Qal Imperfect, & verb‎י‎‎׳‎‎ע‎.)

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