מְצוּקָה

«מְצוּקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: narrowness — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 7 times · Key: 4691 · BDB: מְצוּקָה

Glosses

troubles (5); trouble (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

narrowness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. id.;—abs. צַר וּמ׳ Jb 15:24; יוֹם צָרָה וּמ׳ Zp 1:15; pl. sf., of י׳ delivering מִמְּצוּקוֹתַי ψ 25:17, מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם etc., 107:6, 13, 19, 28.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מְצוּקָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 25:17

צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: the.distresses my.heart my they.have.made.wide from troubles my deliver me

JPS 1917: The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.

Job 15:24

יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃

Word for word: they terrify.him distress and trouble it overpowers.him like a.king ready for (the) battle

JPS 1917: Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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