Lexical Definition

‎יָצַר‎ yâtsar (yaw-tsar') be distressed ^H:V
a primitive root

be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.

• to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow
• figuratively, be in distress

1) to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige
1a) (Qal) to suffer distress

Extended Information

form of: צוּר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: צָרַר

I. ‎צָרַר‎ verb bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bind, tie up; so Aramaic ‎צְרַר‎, ); —

A. transitive: Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎צָרַר‎ Hos 4:19; Prov 30:4 Imperative ‎צוֺר‎ Isa 8:16 Infinitive construct ‎צְרוֺר‎ Prov 26:8 (?); Participle active ‎צֹרֵר‎ Job 26:8 passive ‎צָרוּר‎ Hos 13:12, feminine ‎צְרוּרָה‎ 1Sam 25:29 feminine plural ‎צְרֻרֹת‎ Exod 12:34; 2Sam 20:3 — bind or tie up, of kneading-troughs Exod 12:34 (E); figurative of a life preserved by ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎נֶפֶשׁ צְרוּרָה בִּצְרוֺר הַחַיִּים‎ 1Sam 25:29 of preserving prophetic teaching Isa 8:16 of retention of guilt Hos 13:12 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s binding waters in (a garment of) cloud Prov 30:4; Job 26:8 = shut up 2Sam 20:3 — ‎צָרַר רוּחַ אֹתָהּ בִּכְנָפֶיהָ‎ Hos 4:19 (si vera lectio) pregnantly, the wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, to carry her off; ‎כִּצְרוֺר אֶבֶן‎ Prov 26:8 like the tying up of a stone, but unintellig. in context (see Toy). Pu`al Participle plural ‎מְצֹרָרִים‎ Josh 9:4 tied up (mended by tying), of old wine-skins. B. intransitive: Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎צָ֫רָה‎ Isa 28:20 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יֵצַר‎ Prov 4:12, ‎יֵ֫צֶר לוֺ‎ Job 20:22, ‎וַ֫יֵּצֶד‎ Gen 32:8* +, etc.; — be scant, cramped, in straits; of scanty bed-covering Isa 28:20 (in figurative); of land too small for (‎מִן‎) its people Isa 49:19 + Josh 19:47 (for ‎וַיֵּצֵא‎) Dr<sup>Expos. Jan. 1887, 59</sup> Benn, compare ᵐ5; of steps = be cramped, or impeded, Prov 4:12; Job 18:7 (both in figure); especially impersonal with ‎ל‎ person, ‎וַיֵּצֶר לוֺ‎ Gen 32:8* and it was narrow for him = he was in straits, distress, so Judg 2:15; 2Sam 13:2; Job 20:22, also 3 feminine singular ‎וַתֵּ֫צֶר לְ‎ Judg 10:9; 1Sam 30:6 (see Dr). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְהֵצַר‎ Deut 28:52 (twice in verse) consecutive; 1 singular ‎וַהֲצֵרֹתִי‎ Jer 10:18; Zeph 1:17 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָצַרלֿוֺ‎ 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28, ‎וַיָּ֫צַד‎ 2Chr 28:20 3 masculine plural ‎וַיָּצֵרוּ‎ Neh 9:27 Infinitive construct ‎הָצֵר‎ 2Chr 28:22; 2Chr 33:12 — make narrow for, press hard upon, cause distress to, with ‎ל‎ person, Jer 10:18 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), Zeph 1:17 (subject id.); Deut 28:52 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28; Neh 9:27 (all subject foe), 2Chr 28:20 (subject Tiglath-pileser); indefinite subject 2Chr 28:22 (but read ‎כִּי אִם לְצָרָה לוֺ‎, and join to v2Chr 28:21, opposed to ‎לְעֶזְרָה לוֺ‎, ᵐ5 Kit Buhl^Lex), 2Chr 33:12.

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