Lexical Definition

‎צוּק‎ tsûwq (tsook) to press ^H:V
a primitive root

constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.

• to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress

1) (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎צוּק‎] verb Hiph`il constrain, bring into straits, press upon (Late Hebrew ‎צוּק‎ be distressed (rare), Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic () be narrow, tight, so Ethiopic ; Aramaic ‎עִיק‎, ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic ); — Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎הֵצִיקָה‎ Judg 16:16, suffix ‎הֱצִיקַתְהוּ‎ Judg 14:17, ‎נִ֑י‎ Job 32:18 (Gi vJob 32:19); 1 singular ‎וַהֲצִיקוֺתִ֫י‎ consecutive Isa 29:2 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָצִיק‎ Deut 28:53 + 2 t.; 3 masculine plural ‎יָצִיקוּ‎ Jer 19:9 Participle ‎מֵצִיק‎ Isa 51:13 (twice in verse), plural ‎מְצִיקִים‎ Isa 29:7 — bring into straits, by importunity with ‎ל‎ person Judg 16:16, with suffix person Judg 14:17 constrain (to speak) Job 32:18 (suffix person); elsewhere of bringing into straits a city or people, with ‎ל‎, Isa 29:2; Isa 29:7, so Isa 7:6 (reading ‎וּנְצִיקֶנָּה‎ for ᵑ0 ‎וּנְקִיצֶנָּה‎), Thes Che Du Gr Marti, compare formula ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּמָצוֺר וּבְמָצוֺק אֲשֶׁר יָצ‎ Deut 28:53; Deut 28:55; Deut 28:57; Jer 19:9 participle absolute ‎הַמֵּצִיק‎ Isa 51:13 (twice in verse) the oppressor.

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