Lexical Definition

‎לַחַץ‎ lachats (lakh'-ats) oppression ^H:N-M
from ‎לָחַץ‎

affliction, oppression.

• distress

1) oppression, distress, pressure

See Greek: θλῖψις · στενός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לַ֫חַץ‎ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ absolute 1Kgs 22:27 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; construct 2Kgs 13:4 + 2 t.; suffix ‎לַחֲצֵ֫נוּ‎Deut 26:4; Ps 44:25* — oppression of Israel Exod 3:9 (E; + verb cognate), 2Kgs 13:4 compare Deut 26:7 (|| ‎עֳנִי‎, ‎עָמָל‎) Ps 44:25* (|| ‎עֳנִי‎); oppression of (i.e. by) an enemy, Ps 42:10*; Ps 43:2 in general Job 36:15 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎עֳנִי‎; ‎׳‎‎וּמַיִם ל‎ ‎׳‎‎לֶחֶם ל‎ 1Kgs 22:27 = 2Chr 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i.e. prison-fare (> Klo scanty fare); compare ‎׳‎‎לֶחֶם צַר וּמַיִם ל‎ Isa 30:20, apparently of privations of a siege (compare Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages see Ges^{«GKC:131»§ 131}. 2 (b) Kö^{iii, § 333 p.q.} Da^{Synt. § 29. e}).

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