STRONGS H3334:
Abbreviations
† I. צָרַר verb bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped (Late Hebrew
id.; Arabic
bind, tie up; so Aramaic
צְרַר,
); —
A. transitive:
Pu. Participle plural
מְצֹרָרִים Joshua 9:4 tied up (mended by tying), of old wine-skins.
B. intransitive:
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular צָ֫רָה Isaiah 28:20;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵצַר Proverbs 4:12,
יֵ֫צֶר לוֺ Job 20:22,
וַ֫יֵּצֶד Genesis 32:8 [
Genesis 32:7] +, etc.; —
be scant, cramped, in straits; of scanty bed-covering
Isaiah 28:20 (in figurative); of land too small for (
מִן) its people
Isaiah 49:19 +
Joshua 19:47 (for
וַיֵּצֵא) Dr
Expos. Jan. 1887, 59 Benn, compare
; of steps =
be cramped, or impeded,
Proverbs 4:12;
Job 18:7 (both in figure); especially impersonal with
ל person,
וַיֵּצֶר לוֺ Genesis 32:8 [
Genesis 32:7]
and it was narrow for him = he was in straits, distress, so
Judges 2:15;
2 Samuel 13:2;
Job 20:22, also
3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּ֫צֶר לְ Judges 10:9;
1 Samuel 30:6 (see Dr).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְהֵצַר Deuteronomy 28:52 (twice in verse) consecutive;
1st person singular וַהֲצֵרֹתִי Jeremiah 10:18;
Zephaniah 1:17;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָצַרלֿוֺ 1 Kings 8:37 2 Chronicles 6:28,
וַיָּ֫צַד 2 Chronicles 28:20;
3rd person masculine plural וַיָּצֵרוּ Nehemiah 9:27;
Infinitive construct הָצֵר 2 Chronicles 28:22; 33:12; —
make narrow for,
press hard upon,
cause distress to, with
ל person,
Jeremiah 10:18 (subject
י׳),
Zephaniah 1:17 (subject
id.);
Deuteronomy 28:52 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 8:37 2 Chronicles 6:28;
Nehemiah 9:27 (all subject foe),
2 Chronicles 28:20 (subject Tiglath-pileser); indefinite subject
2 Chronicles 28:22 (but read
כִּי אִם לְצָרָה לוֺ, and join to
2 Chronicles 28:21, opposed to
לְעֶזְרָה לוֺ,
Kit Buhl
Lex),
2 Chronicles 33:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
32:7; 32:7
Exodus
12:34; 12:34
Deuteronomy
28:52; 28:52
Joshua
9:4; 19:47
Judges
2:15; 10:9
1 Samuel
25:29; 25:29; 30:6
2 Samuel
13:2; 20:3; 20:3
1 Kings
8:37; 8:37
2 Chronicles
6:28; 6:28; 28:20; 28:20; 28:21; 28:22; 28:22; 33:12; 33:12
Nehemiah
9:27; 9:27
Job
18:7; 20:22; 20:22; 26:8; 26:8
Proverbs
4:12; 4:12; 26:8; 26:8; 30:4; 30:4
Isaiah
8:16; 8:16; 28:20; 28:20; 49:19
Jeremiah
10:18; 10:18
Hosea
4:19; 4:19; 13:12; 13:12
Zephaniah
1:17; 1:17
