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I.
צַר adjective narrow, tight; — absolute
צ׳ 2 Kings 6:1 +;
צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26 +; feminine
צָרָה Proverbs 23:27; —
narrow,
מָקוֺם צָ֑ר Numbers 22:26,
צַר מִמֶּנּוּ 2 Kings 6:1 too narrow for us, compare
צַרלִֿי הַמָּקוֺם Isaiah 49:20 (of land of Judah after exile);
בְּאֵר צָרָה Proverbs 23:27 (figurative of harlot; i.e. rescue difficult; ||
שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה);
כַּנָּהָר צָר Isaiah 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 (

Me Bi Hoffm Bu Du
חוֺתַם צֹר with seal of flint, but why specify material?);
בְּיוֺם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶ֑כָה Proverbs 24:10 thy strength will be
narrow, limited (si vera lectio, compare Toy).
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II.
צַר noun [
masculine]
straits, distress; — absolute
צ׳ Job 15:24 +, also with article
בַּצַּר Hosea 5:15 +,
צָ֑ר Psalm 4:2 +; —
straits, distress Isaiah 5:30;
Job 15:24;
Psalm 32:7; Psalm 60:13;
Psalm 108:13 צַראוּמָצוֺק Psalm 119:143;
עֵתצֿ׳ Job 38:23, compare
בַּצַּר Isaiah 26:16,
בַּצָּ֑ר Psalm 4:2;
רֿוּחִי צ׳ Job 7:11 distress of my spirit;
לֶחֶם צַר Isaiah 30:20;
לֹא צָֹר Isaiah 63:9 usually
he (
י׳)
had distress (reading
לוֺ Qr), but
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 Psalm 18:7 =
2 Samuel 22:7;
Psalm 66:14, so
בְּיוֺם צַר(־)לִי Psalm 59:17;
Psalm 102:3;
בַּצַּר לְךָ Deuteronomy 4:30 (probably originally meant as
בְּצַר, or
בְּצֹר [infinitive], Dr; so)
בַּצַּרלֿוֺ Isaiah 25:4;
2 Chronicles 15:4,
בַּצַּר לָהֶם Hosea 5:15;
Psalm 107:6;
Psalm 107:13;
Psalm 107:19;
Psalm 107:28, also (after
רָאָה)
Psalm 106:44 —
צַר 1 Samuel 2:32 is corrupt, compare Dr;
**Job 36:19.
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III. צַר 68 noun masculineNumbers 10:9 adversary, foe; — absolute
צַר Amos 3:11 +, even with article
הַצַּר Numbers 10:9, but also
הַצָּר Esther 7:4;
צָ֑ר Zechariah 8:10 +; plural
צָרִים Lamentations 1:7; construct
צָרֵי Ezra 4:1 +
Isaiah 9:10 (but read probably
צָרוֺ or
צָרָיו, compare Di-Kit Che
Hpt; and others.
שָׂרֵי),
Jeremiah 48:5 (strike out

Hi Gie),
Ezekiel 30:16 (but

Sm
וְנָפֹצוּ, so Berthol; Co
וְנִפְרְצוּ, so Toy; Krae
יָעוּף); suffix
צָרַי Psalm 3:2,
צָרֵיהֶם Ezekiel 39:23,
צָרֵימוֺ Deuteronomy 32:27, etc.; —
adversary, foe,
Amos 3:11;
Genesis 14:20;
Numbers 10:9 (P),
Numbers 24:8 (JE)
Deuteronomy 32:27;
Deuteronomy 33:7;
Joshua 5:13 (JE),
2 Samuel 24:13;
Isaiah 9:10 (see above),
Zechariah 8:10;
Ezra 4:1;
Nehemiah 4:5;
Esther 7:6 (
אִישׁ צַר וְאוֺיֵב), +
21 times, +
Psalm 3:2;
Psalm 13:5;
Psalm 27:2;
Psalm 78:42, +
13 times Psalms, + (of
י׳'s foes)
Psalm 78:66;
Psalm 97:3; + (of
י׳'s foes) also
Isaiah 1:24;
Isaiah 26:11;
Isaiah 59:18;
Isaiah 64:1;
Jeremiah 46:10;
Nahum 1:2;
Deuteronomy 32:41,
43;
Job 19:11. —
Jeremiah 48:5;
Ezekiel 30:16 see above.
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IV. צַר noun [
masculine]
hard pebble, flint; —
כַּצַר Isaiah 5:28 (simile of horses' hoofs; read perhaps
H6864 צֹר).
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