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# צוּק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6693

**constrain** — 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

constrain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6693/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צוּק: vb. constrain, bring into straits, press upon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6693/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. constrain, bring into straits, press upon (NH צוּק be distressed (rare), Hiph. = BH; Arabic ضَاقَ (ى) be narrow, tight, so Ethiopic ጦቀ:; Aramaic עִיק, ܥܳܩ; Chr. Pal. ܨܘܩ );—Pf. 3 fs. הֵצִיקָה Ju 16:16, sf. הֱצִיקַתְהוּ 14:17, -נִי Jb 32:18 (Gi v 19); 1 s. וַהֲצִיקוֹתִ֫י consec. Is 29:2; Impf. 3 ms. יָצִיק Dt 28:53 + 2 times; 3 mpl. יָצִיקוּ Je 19:9, Pt. מֵצִיק Is 51:13(×2) pl. מְצִיקִים 29:7;—bring into straits, by importunity c. ל pers. Ju 16:16, c. sf. pers. 14:17; constrain (to speak) Jb 32:18 (sf. pers.); elsewhere of bringing into straits a city or people, c. ל, Is 29:2, 7, so 7:6 (reading וּנְצִיקֶנָּה for MT וּנְקִיצֶנָּה), Thes Che Du Gr Marti, cf. formula בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר יָצ׳ לְ Dt 28:53, 55, 57 Je 19:9; pt. abs. הַמֵּצִיק Is 51:13(×2) the oppressor.

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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he will bring distress (3); the \[one who\] oppresses (2); I will bring distress (1).

## In the verses

[Job 32:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.18/#tree)

כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.am.full words it has.constrained.me the.spirit my.belly my

*JPS 1917:* For I am full of words; the spirit within me constraineth me.

[Isaiah 26:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.16/#tree)

יְהוָ֖ה בַּצַּ֣ר פְּקָד֑וּךָ צָק֣וּן לַ֔חַשׁ מוּסָרְךָ֖ לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh in (the) distress people sought.you they poured.out a.whisper chastening your \[was\].to them

*JPS 1917:* LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6693.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6693/): 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).