לָחַץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3905

squeeze — used 19 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

squeeze tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לָחַץ: vb. squeeze, press oppress tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. squeeze, press, fig. oppress (Arabic لَحَّصَ; Chr-Pal. ܠܚܨ SchwallyIdioticon 48 (with which NöM 74 comp. Mand. הלאצא, torture, NS. ܚܵܠܸܨ press together, urge, exert oneself); see also rare deriv. in Syriac PS 1932);— Pf. ל׳ Ju 4:3 + 2 times etc.; Impf. sf. יִלְחָצֵנִי ψ 56:2; 3 fs. וַתִּלְחַץ Nu 22:25, etc.; Pt. pl. לֹחֲצִים Ex 3:9 + 2 times, etc.— squeeze, press: sq. acc. + ה or אֶל Ju 1:34 Nu 22:25b (J); sq. acc. + בְּ instr. 2 K 6:32 shut the door and press him (back, out) with the door. oppress: sq. acc. pers. Ex 22:20 (‖ הוֹנָה), 23:9 (both E), ψ 56:2; of people Ex 3:9 (E; + acc. cogn.), Ju 2:18; 4:3; 6:9; 10:12 1 S 10:18 Am 6:14 2 K 13:4, 22 Je 30:20 ψ 106:42; abs. Is 19:20. Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּלָּחֵץ Nu 22:25a (J) squeeze oneself, of Balaam’s ass, sq. אֶל־הַקִּיר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [those (3); he oppressed (2); [are] oppressing (1).

In the verses

2 Kings 13:22 · tree →

וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם לָחַ֖ץ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃

Word for word: and Hazael the.king of.Aram he.had.oppressed (et) Israel all the.days of.Jehoahaz

JPS 1917: And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

Psalms 106:42 · tree →

וַיִּלְחָצ֥וּם אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וַ֝יִּכָּנְע֗וּ תַּ֣חַת יָדָֽם׃

Word for word: and they oppressed.them enemies their and they.were.humbled under hand their

JPS 1917: Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.

On Mova

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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).

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