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# לַחַץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3906

**oppression** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

oppression [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3906/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לַ֫חַץ: n.m. oppression, distress [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3906/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. oppression, distress;—ל׳ abs. 1 K 22:27(×2) + 5 times; cstr. 2 K 13:4 + 2 times; sf. לַחֲצֵ֫נוּ Dt 26:4 ψ 44:25;—oppression of Isr. Ex 3:9 (E; + vb. cogn.), 2 K 13:4 cf. Dt 26:7 (‖ עֳנִי, עָמָל) ψ 44:25 (‖ עֳנִי); oppr. of (i.e. by) an enemy, ψ 42:10; 43:2; in gen. Jb 36:15 (‖ עֳנִי); לֶחֶם ל׳ וּמַיִם ל׳ 1 K 22:27 = 2 Ch 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i. e. prison-fare (\> Klo scanty fare); cf. לֶחֶם צַר וּמַיִם ל׳ Is 30:20, appar. of privations of a siege (cf. Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages v. Ges§ 131. 2 (b) Köiii, § 333 p. q. DaSynt. § 29. e).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: oppression (9); of oppression (2); the oppression (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 44:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.25/#tree)

לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣נוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* why? face your do.you.hide do.you.forget? affliction our and oppression our

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

[Job 36:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.15/#tree)

יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.rescues \[the\].afflicted by affliction his and he.uncovers by (the) oppression ear their

*JPS 1917:* He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3906.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3906/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).