Lexical Definition

‎מוּצַק‎ mûwtsaq (moo-tsak') constraint ^H:N-M
or מוּצָק mûwtsâq (moo-tsawk'); from ‎יָצַק‎

anguish, is straitened, straitness.

• narrowness
• figuratively, distress

1) constraint, distress

See Greek: τάξις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מוּצָק

II. ‎מוּצָק‎, ‎מוּצָק‎ noun [masculine] constraint, distress; — absolute ‎מוּצָק‎ Isa 8:23* distress; absolute also ‎מוּצָק‎ Job 36:16, of distress as constraint (opposed to ‎רַחַב‎); ‎רֹחַב מַיִם בְּמוּצָ֑ק‎ Job 37:10, literally in constraint (i.e. frozen). — 1. ‎מוּצָק‎ see ‎יצק‎.

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