Lexical Definition

‎צַר‎ tsar (tsar) narrow ^H:A
or צָר tsâr (tsawr); from ‎צָרַר‎; compare as in ‎צֹר‎

adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

• narrow
• (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble)
• also a pebble
• (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

1) narrow, tight
2) straits, distress
3) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor
4) hard pebble, flint

See Greek: ἀνάγκη · βίαιος · διάβολος · ἐκλείπω · ἐχθρός · θλίβω · θλῖψις · κακός · στενός · στερεός · ὑπεναντίος

Extended Information

• hard pebble, flint

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎צַר‎ adjective narrow, tight; — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ 2Kgs 6:1 +; ‎צָ֑ר‎ Num 22:26 +; feminine ‎צָרָה‎ Prov 23:27 — narrow, ‎מָקוֺם צָ֑ר‎ Num 22:26, ‎צַר מִמֶּנּוּ‎ 2Kgs 6:1 too narrow for us, compare ‎צַרלִֿי הַמָּקוֺם‎ Isa 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile); ‎בְּאֵר צָרָה‎ Prov 23:27 (figurative of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; || ‎שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה‎); ‎כַּנָּהָר צָר‎ Isa 59:19 like a contracted (and hence swift, powerful) river (simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎; Klo ‎נְהַר מָצוֺר‎, Che^Hpt ‎מִצֹּר‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎, both 'of Egypt'); ‎סָגוּר חוֺתָם צָ֑ר‎ Job 41:7* (of scaly back of crocodile), usually closely joined (as) with tight seal (ᵐ5 Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du ‎חוֺתַם צֹר‎ with seal of flint, but why specify material?); ‎בְּיוֺם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶ֑כָה‎ Prov 24:10 thy strength will be narrow, limited (si vera lectio, compare Toy).

II. ‎צַר‎ noun [masculine] straits, distress; — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Job 15:24 +, also with article ‎בַּצַּר‎ Hos 5:15 +, ‎צָ֑ר‎ Ps 4:2* +; — straits, distress Isa 5:30; Job 15:24; Ps 32:7; Ps 60:13*; Ps 108:13* ‎צַראוּמָצוֺק‎ Ps 119:143; ‎׳‎‎עֵתצֿ‎ Job 38:23, compare ‎בַּצַּר‎ Isa 26:16, ‎בַּצָּ֑ר‎ Ps 4:2* ‎רֿוּחִי‎‎׳‎‎צ‎ Job 7:11 distress of my spirit; ‎לֶחֶם צַר‎ Isa 30:20 ‎לֹא צָֹר‎ Isa 63:9 usually he (‎׳‎‎י‎) had distress (reading ‎לוֺ‎ Qr), but ᵐ5 οὐ πρέσβυς, Du Che^Hpt and others ‎לֹא צִר‎, no messenger and (or) angel, (but) his own face, etc. Instead of suffix directly appended, ‎ל‎ suffix is used (only after ‎ב‎): ‎בַּצַּרלִֿי‎ in my distress Ps 18:7* = 2Sam 22:7; Ps 66:14, so ‎בְּיוֺם‎ ‎צַר(ֿ)לִי‎ Ps 59:17*; Ps 102:3* ‎בַּצַּר לְךָ‎ Deut 4:30 (probably originally meant as ‎בְּצַר‎, or ‎בְּצֹר‎ [infinitive], Dr; so) ‎בַּצַּרלֿוֺ‎ Isa 25:4; 2Chr 15:4, ‎בַּצַּר לָהֶם‎ Hos 5:15; Ps 107:6; Ps 107:13; Ps 107:19; Ps 107:28, also (after ‎רָאָה‎) Ps 106:44 — ‎צַר‎ 1Sam 2:32 is corrupt, compare Dr; **Job 36:19.

III. ‎צַר‎₆₈ noun masculine^{Num 10:9} adversary, foe; — absolute ‎צַר‎ Amos 3:11 +, even with article ‎הַצַּר‎ Num 10:9, but also ‎הַצָּר‎ Esth 7:4 ‎צָ֑ר‎ Zech 8:10 +; plural ‎צָרִים‎ Lam 1:7 construct ‎צָרֵי‎ Ezra 4:1 + Isa 9:10* (but read probably ‎צָרוֺ‎ or ‎צָרָיו‎, compare Di-Kit Che^Hpt; al. ‎שָׂרֵי‎), Jer 48:5 (strike out ᵐ5 Hi Gie), Ezek 30:16 (but ᵐ5 Sm ‎וְנָפֹצוּ‎, so Berthol; Co ‎וְנִפְרְצוּ‎, so Toy; Krae ‎יָעוּף‎); suffix ‎צָרַי‎ Ps 3:2*, ‎צָרֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 39:23, ‎צָרֵימוֺ‎ Deut 32:27, etc.; — adversary, foe, Amos 3:11; Gen 14:20; Num 10:9 (P), Num 24:8 (JE) Deut 32:27; Deut 33:7; Josh 5:13 (JE), 2Sam 24:13; Isa 9:10* (see above), Zech 8:10; Ezra 4:1; Neh 4:5*; Esth 7:6 (‎אִישׁ צַר וְאוֺיֵב‎), + 21 t., + Ps 3:2*; Ps 13:5*; Ps 27:2; Ps 78:42, + 13 t. Psalms, + (of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s foes) Ps 78:66; Ps 97:3 + (of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s foes) also Isa 1:24; Isa 26:11; Isa 59:18; Isa 64:1*; Jer 46:10; Nah 1:2; Deut 32:41; Deut 32:43; Job 19:11. — Jer 48:5; Ezek 30:16 see above

Also see: צֹר

IV. ‎צַר‎ noun [masculine] hard pebble, flint; — ‎כַּצַר‎ Isa 5:28 (simile of horses' hoofs; read perhaps ‎צֹר‎).

‎ערר‎ (√of following, compare Biblical Hebrew II. ‎צָרַר‎, III. ‎צַר‎).

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